Abstract
N-(Anthracen-9-ylmethyl)-N-methyl-2-(phenylsulfonyl)ethanamine3has been synthesized via the aza-Michael addition approach by reaction of the corresponding amine with the vinyl sulfone derivative under microwave conditions. The structure of the aza-Michael product3is elucidated by X-ray crystallography. The study of molecular packing by employing the Hirshfeld analysis indicates that the percentages of O horizontal ellipsis H, C horizontal ellipsis H and H horizontal ellipsis H contacts are 16.8%, 34.1% and 48.6%, respectively, where the O...H hydrogen bonds have the characteristics of short and strong contacts while the C...H contacts are considered weak. Density functional theory (DFT) investigations show that the aza-Michael product3is polar with a net dipole moment of 5.2315 debye.