The crystal structure and semi-empirical quantum chemical calculations of N,N’-(2’-furfurylidene)bis(morpholine), C13H20N2O3, show that: i) the value of 115.1(2)° for the angle between the carbon atom center of the reaction and the nitrogen atom of one morpholine and ii) the carbon atom center of the reaction is outside the least-squares plane of the furan ring, and these two facts explain the high instability observed in the synthesis and conservation of this compound. The crystal structure of the compound was determined via X-ray diffraction in the monoclinic crystal system, space group C2/c (Nr. 15) and cell dimensions a = 18.824(4), b = 7.039(1) c = 20.644(4) Å, beta = 97.32(3)°, V = 2713(2) ų, Z = 8, Dcalc = 1.235 Mg m-3, lambda(MoKalpha) = 0.71073 Å, mu = 0.088 mm-1, F(000) = 1088, T = 295 K, R = 4.35% (wR = 13.3%), with 2454 measured reflections, 2376 independent reflections, 1731 with I > 2sigma(I) and 206 refined parameters. The molecule has C-H...O and C-H...N intramolecular contacts. The molecular packing involves C-H...O intermolecular contacts.
N,N’-(2’-furfurylidene)bis(morpholine); stability; X-ray analysis; semi-empirical quantum chemical calculations
