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Volume 64 
Part 6 
Page o1118  
June 2008  

Received 6 May 2008
Accepted 12 May 2008
Online 21 May 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.006 Å
R = 0.035
wR = 0.110
Data-to-parameter ratio = 13.6
Details
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N-[2-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)ethyl]-2-chloroacetamide

aHenan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: donghuichao6503@yahoo.cn

The title compound, C11H12ClNO3, crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Intermolecular N-H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules related by translation along the b axis into two independent hydrogen-bonded chains. The crystal studied exhibited inversion twinning.

Related literature

For the crystal structures of related compounds, see: Kuehne et al. (1988[Kuehne, M. E., Bornmann, W. G., Parsons, W. H., Spitzer, T. D., Blount, J. F. & Zubieta, J. (1988). J. Org. Chem. 53, 3439-3450.]). For details of the aplication of N-(2-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-yl-ethyl)-2-chloro-acetamide, see: Bernhard & Snieckus (1971[Bernhard, H. O. & Snieckus, V. (1971). Tetrahedron, 27, 2091-2100.]); Ma et al. (2006[Ma, C., Liu, S., Xin, L., Zhang, Q., Ding, K., Falck, J. R. & Shin, D. (2006). Chem. Lett. 35, 1010-1011.]). For bond-length data, 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.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C11H12ClNO3

  • Mr = 241.67

  • Orthorhombic, P c a 21

  • a = 14.429 (3) Å

  • b = 5.1258 (10) Å

  • c = 30.679 (6) Å

  • V = 2269.1 (8) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.33 mm-1

  • T = 293 (2) K

  • 0.20 × 0.12 × 0.09 mm

Data collection
  • Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID IP area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995[Higashi, T. (1995). ABSCOR. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.]) Tmin = 0.937, Tmax = 0.971

  • 15836 measured reflections

  • 3949 independent reflections

  • 2946 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.029

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.035

  • wR(F2) = 0.110

  • S = 1.13

  • 3949 reflections

  • 290 parameters

  • 1 restraint

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.34 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.34 e Å-3

  • Absolute structure: Flack (1983[Flack, H. D. (1983). Acta Cryst. A39, 876-881.]), 1304 Friedel pairs

  • Flack parameter: 0.47 (8)

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
N1-H1A...O3i 0.86 2.18 2.894 (4) 140
N2-H2B...O6ii 0.86 2.18 2.894 (4) 140
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) x, y-1, z.

Data collection: RAPID-AUTO (Rigaku, 2004[Rigaku (2004). RAPID-AUTO. Rigaku Corporation, Takyo, Japan.]); cell refinement: RAPID-AUTO; data reduction: RAPID-AUTO; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: CV2412 ).


References

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.
Bernhard, H. O. & Snieckus, V. (1971). Tetrahedron, 27, 2091-2100.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [ISI]
Flack, H. D. (1983). Acta Cryst. A39, 876-881.  [CrossRef] [details]
Higashi, T. (1995). ABSCOR. Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Kuehne, M. E., Bornmann, W. G., Parsons, W. H., Spitzer, T. D., Blount, J. F. & Zubieta, J. (1988). J. Org. Chem. 53, 3439-3450.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Ma, C., Liu, S., Xin, L., Zhang, Q., Ding, K., Falck, J. R. & Shin, D. (2006). Chem. Lett. 35, 1010-1011.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Rigaku (2004). RAPID-AUTO. Rigaku Corporation, Takyo, Japan.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o1118  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808014232 ]

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