X-Ray crystal structure of 1,3,8,10-tetraoxacyclotetradecane

Abstract

The molecular and crystal structure of the title compound has been determined from X-ray diffractometer data. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier methods and refined by least-squares techniques to R 0·058 for 775 independent reflections. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, with Z= 2 in a unit cell of dimensions: a= 8·107(3), b= 14·721(6), c= 4·724(1)Å, β= 100·25(8)°. The ring structure resembles that of cyclotetradecane as derived from the diamond lattice.