Dimethyl dispiro[tricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane-1,2 '-bicyclo[1.1.0]butane-4',1 '-tricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane]-1 ',3 '-dicarboxylate, a strain-enhanced bicyclo[1.1.0]butane with a very short intramolecular C-H...H-C contact
Jw. Bats et al., Dimethyl dispiro[tricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane-1,2 '-bicyclo[1.1.0]butane-4',1 '-tricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane]-1 ',3 '-dicarboxylate, a strain-enhanced bicyclo[1.1.0]butane with a very short intramolecular C-H...H-C contact, ACT CRYST C, 57, 2001, pp. 441-443
The title molecule, C26H34O4, shows a very short repulsive intramolecular C
-H . . .H-C contact, with an H . . .H distance of only 1.71 Angstrom. The f
lap angle phi of the bicyclo[1.1.0]butane group is widened to 131.23 (8)deg
rees. Both methylene C atoms show tilt angles of 6.1 degrees. Bond lengths
in the fused cyclopropane rings range from 1.501 (1) to 1.542 (1) Angstrom
and are influenced by pi interactions with the carboxylate substituents.