Molecular structures and conformations of three 3-azabicyclononanes.

The structure, conformation, molecular geometry and the mode of packing of 7-tert-butyl-N-methyl-2,4-diphenyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (C(25)H(33)N; MTABN), N-acetyl-2,4-diphenyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (C(22)H(25)NO; AABN) and N-methyl-2,4-bis(2-methylphenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-9-ol (C(23)H(29)NO; MHABN) are presented. The compounds MTABN and MHABN crystallize in monoclinic space groups, whereas AABN is orthorhombic. In each of the three structures, the bicyclic ring system adopts a chair-chair conformation and the phenyl rings are in equatorial orientation with respect to the piperidine ring. In AABN, apart from the van der Waals forces, weak intermolecular C-H.O type interactions are involved in the packing.