Crystallographic characterization of a novel spiro-[chroman-chromene]-carboxylate

We report here the crystal and electronic structure of a new spiro-derivative, namely methyl (2R,4S)- 4-(benzothiazol-2-ylamino)-8,8´-dimethoxyspiro[chroman-2,2´-chromene]-3´-carboxylate (I), C₂₈H₂₄N₂O₆S, which crystallizes as racemate in the space group C2/c. In this compound, the chromanone moiety consists of a benzene ring fused with a six-membered heterocyclic ring which adopts a distorted half-chair conformation. The molecules are linked by a combination of N-H∙∙∙N hydrogen bonds and weak C-H∙∙∙O, C-H∙∙∙S, C-H∙∙∙ π, inter- and intra-molecular interactions resulting in a two-dimensional network in the crystal structure.