Crystal Structure of 1,7-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione

Abstract  The synthesis and crystal structure of 1,7-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione is described. This compound is a curcuminoid analogue, configurationally symmetric about the C4–C5 atoms and also retains the two fold axis in the crystal phase. This compound crystallizes in the space group C2/c with unit cell parameters a = 19.203(1) ?, b = 13.147(1) ?, c = 8.801(1) ?, β = 112.99(1)°, with half a molecule in the asymmetric unit. The ketenedithioacetal functionality present between the carbonyl groups prevents the possibility of keto-enol tautomerization in this compound. The push-pull nature of the ketenedithioacetal functionality organizes the cinnamoyl groups parallel to each other. Index Abstract  The details regarding synthesis and crystal structure of the title compound which is a curcuminoid analogue is reported in this paper.