Synthesis and crystal structure analysis of a new chalcone derivative of apocynin

Abstract

In the present report we present the synthesis and structural analysis of a chalcone derivative of Apocynin, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-propenone. The most characteristic feature of its molecular structure is its near-planarity, allowing molecules to be stacked in columns, at graphite intermolecular distances to each other and connected by a large variety of weak intermolecular interactions. The molecule presents structural analogies to related ones with significant pharmacological properties (e.g., Apocynin).