Crystal structures of 3-[1-benzenesulfonyl-3-phenylsulfanyl-1H-indol-2-yl]-1-[4-(methyl (I)/methoxy (II) phenyl)]-2-phenyl-propane-1-one

The compounds 3-(1-Benzenesulfonyl-3-phenylsulfanyl-1H-indol-2-yl)-1-[4-methyl (I)/methoxy (II)phenyl)]-2-phenyl-propane-1-one crystallize in triclinic space group P (1) over bar. The details are: compound I a = 11.941(6) angstrom, b = 12.154(7) angstrom, c = 13.006(7) angstrom, a = 63.124(8)degrees, beta = 84.464(9)degrees, gamma = 64.810(8)degrees, V = 1519.7(14) angstrom(3), Z = 2, D-cal = 1.284 Mg m(-3), and R = 0.0382 (wR = 0.0978); compound II a = 11.897(6) angstrom, b = 12.268(6) angstrom, c = 13.001(7) angstrom, alpha = 61.919(8)degrees, beta = 83.480(8)degrees, gamma = 64.676(7)degrees, V = 1504.0(14) angstrom(3), Z = 2, D-cal = 1.333 Mg m(-3), and R = 0.0422 (wR = 0.1049). The indole ring system in both the molecules I and II are not strictly planar and the dihedral angles formed by the pyrrole and benzo planes are 4.0(7)degrees and 3.5(8)degrees, respectively. The C-H center dot center dot O, C-H center dot center dot center dot pi and pi center dot center dot center dot pi types of interactions stabilize the molecules in the unit cell in addition to van der Waal's forces in I and II.