(2R,3R)-3-O-Benzoyl-N-benzyltartramide

Abstract

The title compound, C18H17NO6 [systematic name: (2R,3R)-4-benzylamino-2-benzoyloxy-3-hydroxy-4-oxobutanoic acid], is the first structurally characterized unsymmetrical monoamide–monoacyl tartaric acid derivative. The molecule shows a staggered conformation around the tartramide Csp3 —Csp3 bond with trans-oriented carboxyl and amide groups. The molecular conformation is stabilized by an intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O—H...O hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl and amide carbonyl groups, forming translational chains along [001]. Further O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds as well as weaker C—H...O and C—H...π intermolecular interactions extend the supramolecular assembly into a double-layer structure parallel to (100). There are no directional interactions between the double layers.