title: Two isomeric 10-methyl-8-phenyl-11-pyridyl-6,8-dihydro-5H-benzo[f]pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinolines: cyclic hydrogen-bonded tetramers versus isolated molecules.
abstract: The molecules of 10-methyl-8-phenyl-11-(3-pyridyl)-6,8-dihydro-5H-benzo[f]pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline, C26H20N4, (I), are linked by a single C-H...N hydrogen bond into cyclic R(4)(4)(12) tetramers generated by a -4 axis. In isomeric 10-methyl-8-phenyl-11-(4-pyridyl)-6,8-dihydro-5H-benzo[f]pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline, (II), which crystallizes with Z' = 2 in space group P2(1)2(1)2, the two independent molecules are nearly enantiomeric but there are no direction-specific interactions between them.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación de Compuestos Heterocíclicos, Departamento de Química, Universidad de Valle, AA 25360 Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Portilla
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Justo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cobo
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell