Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 1995-07-15

An intermediate for chloroquine analogs: (E)-2-(4,7-dichloro-2-quinolinyl)-3-(dimethylamino)-2-propenal.

J T Mague, D De, D J Krogstad

Index: Acta Crystallogr. C 51 ( Pt 7) , 1423-5, (1995)

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Abstract

The title compound C14H12C12N2O, has been shown to have an E configuration about the double bond in the propenal moiety. Significant delocalization of the lone pair on the N atom of the dimethylamino group into the pi system of this moiety is indicated by the planarity about this N atom.