Modeling and X-ray Diffraction Investigation of the Crystal Structure of 1,1-Diphenyl-3-Methyl-6,7-Dimethoxy-1,3-Dihydroisobenzofuran

The results of a priori generation and X-ray diffraction investigation of the crystal structure of 1,1-diphenyl-3-methyl-6,7-dimethoxy-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran are reported. The generation is performed by the discrete modeling of molecular packings in a crystal for two possible conformers of the compound under investigation. Appropriate models that can serve as starting models for refining the crystal structure by the full-matrix least-squares method using the X-ray diffraction data are chosen from a complete set of calculated structural models of the studied compound in accordance with specific criteria. The structure is solved for a starting model calculated by the discrete modeling method and refined according to the full-matrix least-squares procedure.