title: (E)-3-{4-[(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)oxy]-3-methoxyphenyl}-1-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one: a ladder-like structure resulting solely from π-π stacking interactions.
abstract: In the title compound, C26H20ClNO3, the quinoline fragment is nearly orthogonal to the adjacent aryl ring, while the rest of the molecular skeleton is close to being planar. The crystal structure contains no hydrogen bonds of any sort, but there are two π-π stacking interactions present. One, involving the quinoline ring, links molecules related by inversion, while the other, involving the two nonfused aryl rings, links molecules related by translation, so together forming a ladder-type arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidad de Valle, AA 25360 Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidad de Valle, AA 25360 Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Braulio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Insuasty
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: Justo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cobo
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011407:Propane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C000591064:(E)-3-(4-((7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)oxy)-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one; D011804:Quinolines; D011407:Propane
keywords: (7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)oxy; Claisen–Schmidt condensation; chalcone; crystal structure; ladder-like structure; nucleophilic aromatic substitution; prop-2-en-1-one; π–π stacking interactions