title: N-Cinnamoyl-l-phenyl-alanine methyl ester.
abstract: As part of an ongoing investigation into the development of N-substituted amino acids as building blocks for dynamic combinatorial chemistry, we report the structure of the title compound, C(19)H(19)NO(3). This compound crystallizes as discrete mol-ecules. The cinnamoyl group is non-planar, with the phenyl ring and the amide twisted out of the ethyl-ene plane. The benzyl and ester groups lie above and below the amide plane. The mol-ecules stack along the crystallographic c axis, connecting through C(4) chains of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, with the extended structure stabilized by C-H⋯O inter-actions and π-π inter-actions [centroid-to-centroid distances 3.547 (8) and 3.536 (8) Å].
authors.affiliation: Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane 4111, Australia.
authors.forename: Laurent F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bornaghi
authors.forename: Sally-Ann
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: White