Synthesis,Characterization and Crystal Structure of Ethyl 2-amino-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-phenylcyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylate

Ethyl 2-amino-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-phenylcyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylate was synthesized from ethyl 6-(4-bromophenyl)-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxocyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate and ammonium acetate in glacial acetic acid. The synthesized compound was characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTA), UV-Visible, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound, ethyl 2-amino-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-phenylcyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylate, C₂₁H₂OFNO₂, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with the following unit-cell parameters: a = 17.417(2), b = 9.7287(9), c = 21.014(2) Å, and Z = 8. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data collected at room temperature and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final R-value of 0.0644 for 1616 observed reflections. An intramolecular N–H…O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) graph-set motif. In the crystal, molecules are linked by N–H…O hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional network.