J. Jasinski, R. Butcher, Q. N. M. H. Al-arique
Jul 25, 2009
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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online
Abstract
In the title molecule, C11H11ClN2O, the pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine ring system is planar (maximum deviation = 0.0148 Å) and the methyl C and carbonyl O atoms are nearly coplanar to it. The chloroethyl side chain is in a synclinal conformation, nearly orthogonal to the pyrimidine ring, with a dihedral angle between the chloroethyl side chain and the pyrimidine ring of 88.5 (1)°. Weak intermolecular C—H⋯N and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds along with π–π interactions between the pyrimidine and pyridine rings [centroid–centroid distance is 3.538 (2) Å] form a three-dimensional network. The crystal is a racemic twin with a 0.68 (12):0.32 (12) domain ratio. MOPAC AM1 and density functional theory (DFT) theoretical calculations at the B3-LYP/6–311+G(d,p) level support these observations.