title: 2-(2,1-benzoxazol-3-yl)-3,5-dimethoxyphenol and 3-phenyl-2,1-benzoxazole.
abstract: The title compounds, C(15)H(13)NO(4), (I), and C(13)H(9)NO, (II), are produced, along with the corresponding anilines, by the reduction of the appropriate o-nitrobenzophenones. In (I), the planar benzisoxazole and phenol fragments are tilted relative to one another by a rotation of 53.02 (14) degrees about the bond joining them, and the molecules are linked into chains by phenol O--H...N and phenyl C--H...O(oxazole) hydrogen bonds. The cell of (II) (space group I2/c) contains eight molecules in general positions, four more in the 2b sites, with twofold axial symmetry that induces a degree of disorder, and a further four as centrosymmetric pairs of complete molecules, each with an occupancy of one-half. The relative tilt of the planar fragments varies slightly from one molecule to another but is much less than that in (I), ranging from 8.8 (8) to 12.58 (15) degrees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland. r.a.howie@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: R Alan
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Howie
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabbar
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Shaikh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nizami
authors.forename: Craig F
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authors.lastname: Ritchie