Different hydrogen-bonded chains in the crystal structures of three alkyl N-(E)-1-(2-benzyl­idene-1-methyl­hydrazin­yl)-3-hy­droxy-1-oxopropan-2-ylcarbamates

摘要

The crystal structures of three methyl­ated hydrazine carbamate derivatives prepared by multi-step syntheses from l-serine are presented, namely benzyl N-{(E)-1-[2-(4-cyanobenzylidene)-1-methylhydrazinyl]-3-hydroxy-1-oxopro­pan-2-yl}carbamate, C20H20N4O4, tert-butyl N-{(E)-1-[2-(4-cyanobenzylidene)-1-methylhydrazinyl]-3-hydroxy-1-oxopropan-2-yl}carbamate, C17H22N4O4, and tert-butyl N-[(E)-1-(2-benzylidene-1-methylhydrazinyl)-3-hydroxy-1-oxopro­pan-2-yl]carbamate, C16H23N3O4. One of them shows that an unexpected racemization has occurred during the mild-condition methyl­ation reaction. In each crystal structure, the mol­ecules are linked into chains by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, but with significant differences between them.