title: A chiral photochromic Schiff base: (R)-4-meth-oxy-2-[(1-phenyl-ethyl)imino-meth-yl]phenol.
abstract: The title chiral photochromic Schiff base compound, C(16)H(17)NO(2), was synthesized from (R)-1-phenyl-ethyl-amine and 5-methoxy-salicylaldehyde. The mol-ecule of the title compound exists in the phenol-imine tautomeric form. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 62.61 (11)°. An intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond with an O⋯N distance of 2.589 (2) Å is observed. The crystal packing is stabilized by C-H⋯π inter-actions involving the aromatic ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aritake
authors.forename: Takashiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akitsu