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Volume 64 
Part 5 
Page o809  
May 2008  

Received 1 April 2008
Accepted 1 April 2008
Online 10 April 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 296 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.046
wR = 0.127
Data-to-parameter ratio = 16.9
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1-Cyclohexylmethyl-3-methyl-2-[(phenylimino)(sulfido)methyl]benzimidazolium

aDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey,bDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ínönü University, 44280 Malatya, Turkey,cDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Adiyaman University, 02040 Adiyaman, Turkey, and dDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey
Correspondence e-mail: akkurt@erciyes.edu.tr

In the zwitterionic title compound, C22H25N3S, the benzimidazole ring system makes a dihedral angle of 55.69 (11)° with the phenyl ring. In the crystal structure, inter- and intramolecular C-H...S interactions occur.

Related literature

For related structures, see: Öztürk et al. (2004[Öztürk, S., Akkurt, M., Küçükbay, H., Orhan, E. & Büyükgüngör, O. (2004). Acta Cryst. E60, o936-o938.]); Akkurt et al. (2005[Akkurt, M., Karaca, S., Küçükbay, H., Yilmaz, U. & Büyükgüngör, O. (2005). Acta Cryst. E61, o2875-o2877.]). For background, see: Allen et al. (1987[Allen, F. H., Kennard, O., Watson, D. G., Brammer, L., Orpen, A. G. & Taylor, R. (1987). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. S1-19.]); Cremer & Pople (1975[Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.]); Küçükbay et al. (1995[Küçükbay, H., Çetinkaya, E. & Durmaz, R. (1995). Arzneim.-Forsch. Drug. Res. 45, 1331-1334.]); Winberg & Coffman (1965[Winberg, H. E. & Coffman, D. D. (1965). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 87, 2776-2777.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C22H25N3S

  • Mr = 363.52

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 11.0999 (8) Å

  • b = 12.4601 (7) Å

  • c = 15.0143 (14) Å

  • [beta] = 99.007 (7)°

  • V = 2051.0 (3) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.17 mm-1

  • T = 296 K

  • 0.62 × 0.56 × 0.51 mm

Data collection
  • Stoe IPDSII diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: integration (X-RED32; Stoe & Cie, 2002[Stoe & Cie (2002). X-AREA and X-RED32. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.903, Tmax = 0.919

  • 11769 measured reflections

  • 3997 independent reflections

  • 2727 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.031

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.046

  • wR(F2) = 0.127

  • S = 1.02

  • 3997 reflections

  • 236 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.36 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.37 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C16-H16A...S1i 0.97 2.73 3.683 (2) 167
C16-H16B...S1 0.97 2.78 3.451 (2) 127
Symmetry code: (i) [-x+1, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}].

Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2002[Stoe & Cie (2002). X-AREA and X-RED32. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]); cell refinement: X-AREA; data reduction: X-RED32 (Stoe & Cie, 2002[Stoe & Cie (2002). X-AREA and X-RED32. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.]); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999[Altomare, A., Burla, M. C., Camalli, M., Cascarano, G. L., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Moliterni, A. G. G., Polidori, G. & Spagna, R. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 115-119.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999[Farrugia, L. J. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 837-838.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HB2714 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey, for the use of the Stoe IPDSII diffractometer (purchased under grant F.279 of the University Research Fund). HK and NS also thank the Inönü University Research Fund (BAPB-2007-46) for financial support of this study.

References

Akkurt, M., Karaca, S., Küçükbay, H., Yilmaz, U. & Büyükgüngör, O. (2005). Acta Cryst. E61, o2875-o2877.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Allen, F. H., Kennard, O., Watson, D. G., Brammer, L., Orpen, A. G. & Taylor, R. (1987). J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, pp. S1-19.
Altomare, A., Burla, M. C., Camalli, M., Cascarano, G. L., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Moliterni, A. G. G., Polidori, G. & Spagna, R. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 115-119.  [CrossRef] [details]
Cremer, D. & Pople, J. A. (1975). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 97, 1354-1358.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
Farrugia, L. J. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 837-838.  [CrossRef] [details]
Küçükbay, H., Çetinkaya, E. & Durmaz, R. (1995). Arzneim.-Forsch. Drug. Res. 45, 1331-1334.
Öztürk, S., Akkurt, M., Küçükbay, H., Orhan, E. & Büyükgüngör, O. (2004). Acta Cryst. E60, o936-o938.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Stoe & Cie (2002). X-AREA and X-RED32. Stoe & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany.
Winberg, H. E. & Coffman, D. D. (1965). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 87, 2776-2777.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o809  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808008842 ]

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