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Volume 64 
Part 9 
Page o1754  
September 2008  

Received 5 August 2008
Accepted 8 August 2008
Online 13 August 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 296 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.002 Å
R = 0.041
wR = 0.125
Data-to-parameter ratio = 16.7
Details
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Naphthalene-2,3-diol-imidazole (1/1)

aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan, Shandong 250353, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: ceswyt@sohu.com

In the title cocrystal, C10H8O2·C3H4N2, intermolecular O-H...O and N-H...O hydrogen bonds connect the naphthalene-2,3-diol and imidazole molecules into a two-dimensional supramolecular framework.

Related literature

For other cocrystals of naphthalene-2,3-diol, see: Fritchie & Johnston (1975[Fritchie, C. J. & Johnston, R. M. (1975). Acta Cryst. B31, 454-461.]); Wang & Tang (2006[Wang, Y.-T. & Tang, G.-M. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o3833-o3834.]); Wang, Tang & Ng (2006[Wang, Y.-T., Tang, G.-M. & Ng, S. W. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o4429-o4430.]); Wang, Tang & Wan (2006[Wang, Y.-T., Tang, G.-M. & Wan, W.-Z. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o3396-o3397.]); Wells et al. (1974[Wells, J. L., Trus, B. L., Johnston, R. M., Marsh, R. E. & Fritchie, C. J. (1974). Acta Cryst. B30, 1127-1134.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C10H8O2·C3H4N2

  • Mr = 228.25

  • Orthorhombic, P b c a

  • a = 12.0003 (17) Å

  • b = 7.7862 (11) Å

  • c = 25.863 (4) Å

  • V = 2416.6 (6) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.09 mm-1

  • T = 296 (2) K

  • 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker SMART diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: none

  • 18637 measured reflections

  • 2777 independent reflections

  • 2142 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.031

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.041

  • wR(F2) = 0.125

  • S = 1.04

  • 2777 reflections

  • 166 parameters

  • 3 restraints

  • H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.16 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.20 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O1-H1B...O2i 0.92 (2) 1.78 (2) 2.6877 (14) 166 (2)
O2-H2A...N1 1.03 (2) 1.57 (2) 2.5947 (15) 170 (2)
N2-H2B...O1ii 0.89 (2) 2.09 (3) 2.9185 (19) 156 (2)
Symmetry codes: (i) [x+2, -y-{\script{1\over 2}}, z-{\script{1\over 2}}]; (ii) [-x-1, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}].

Data collection: SMART; cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2001[Bruker (2001). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA. ]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: NG2483 ).


Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Starting Fund of Shandong Institute of Light Industry (to Y-TW).

References

Bruker (2001). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Fritchie, C. J. & Johnston, R. M. (1975). Acta Cryst. B31, 454-461.  [CrossRef] [details] [ISI]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wang, Y.-T. & Tang, G.-M. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o3833-o3834.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wang, Y.-T., Tang, G.-M. & Ng, S. W. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o4429-o4430.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wang, Y.-T., Tang, G.-M. & Wan, W.-Z. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o3396-o3397.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wells, J. L., Trus, B. L., Johnston, R. M., Marsh, R. E. & Fritchie, C. J. (1974). Acta Cryst. B30, 1127-1134.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details] [ISI]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o1754  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808025555 ]

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