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November 2008  

Received 13 October 2008
Accepted 18 October 2008
Online 22 October 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 100 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.002 Å
R = 0.040
wR = 0.108
Data-to-parameter ratio = 15.6
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(E)-1-(4-Aminophenyl)ethanone oxime

aDepartment of Chemistry, BZU, Multan, Pakistan,bDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam Univeristy, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan, and cDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, 90014 Finland
Correspondence e-mail: qadeerqau@yahoo.com

In the molecule of the title compound, C8H10N2O, the oxime group is oriented at a dihedral angle of 5.58 (3)° with respect to the benzene ring. In the crystal structure, intermolecular O-H...N and N-H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules, forming a three-dimensional network.

Related literature

For general background, see: Bertolasi et al. (1982[Bertolasi, V., Gilli, G. & Veronese, A. C. (1982). Acta Cryst. B38, 502-511.]); Degorre et al. (1998[Degorre, F., Kiffer, D. & Terrie, F. (1998). J. Med. Chem. 31, 757-761.]). 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
  • C8H10N2O

  • Mr = 150.18

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /n

  • a = 4.8641 (2) Å

  • b = 9.2016 (3) Å

  • c = 17.1447 (7) Å

  • [beta] = 95.535 (2)°

  • V = 763.78 (5) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.09 mm-1

  • T = 100 (2) K

  • 0.34 × 0.28 × 0.26 mm

Data collection
  • Enraf-Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997[Otwinowski, Z. & Minor, W. (1997). Methods in Enzimology, Vol. 276, Macromolecular Crystallography, Part A, edited by C. W. Carter Jr & R. M. Sweet, pp. 307-326. New York: Academic Press.]) Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.979

  • 6132 measured reflections

  • 1761 independent reflections

  • 1483 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.026

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.040

  • wR(F2) = 0.107

  • S = 1.04

  • 1761 reflections

  • 113 parameters

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

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.24 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.28 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O1-H1O...N2i 0.92 (2) 1.88 (2) 2.7919 (14) 169.8 (18)
N2-H2N...O1ii 0.916 (18) 2.165 (18) 3.0790 (13) 175.7 (15)
N2-H2M...N1iii 0.929 (19) 2.525 (19) 3.3000 (14) 141.0 (14)
Symmetry codes: (i) [x-{\script{1\over 2}}, -y+{\script{1\over 2}}, z-{\script{1\over 2}}]; (ii) [x-{\script{1\over 2}}, -y+{\script{1\over 2}}, z+{\script{1\over 2}}]; (iii) [-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}].

Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998[Hooft, R. W. W. (1998). COLLECT. Nonius BV, Delft, The Netherlands.]); cell refinement: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997[Otwinowski, Z. & Minor, W. (1997). Methods in Enzimology, Vol. 276, Macromolecular Crystallography, Part A, edited by C. W. Carter Jr & R. M. Sweet, pp. 307-326. New York: Academic Press.]) and COLLECT; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2004 (Burla et al., 2005[Burla, M. C., Caliandro, R., Camalli, M., Carrozzini, B., Cascarano, G. L., De Caro, L., Giacovazzo, C., Polidori, G. & Spagna, R. (2005). J. Appl. Cryst. 38, 381-388.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2007[Brandenburg, K. (2007). DIAMOND. Crystal Impact Gbr, Bonn, Germany.]) and PLATON (Spek, 2003[Spek, A. L. (2003). J. Appl. Cryst. 36, 7-13.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HK2552 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge funds from the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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.
Bertolasi, V., Gilli, G. & Veronese, A. C. (1982). Acta Cryst. B38, 502-511.  [CrossRef] [details]
Brandenburg, K. (2007). DIAMOND. Crystal Impact Gbr, Bonn, Germany.
Burla, M. C., Caliandro, R., Camalli, M., Carrozzini, B., Cascarano, G. L., De Caro, L., Giacovazzo, C., Polidori, G. & Spagna, R. (2005). J. Appl. Cryst. 38, 381-388.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details]
Degorre, F., Kiffer, D. & Terrie, F. (1998). J. Med. Chem. 31, 757-761.  [CrossRef]
Hooft, R. W. W. (1998). COLLECT. Nonius BV, Delft, The Netherlands.
Otwinowski, Z. & Minor, W. (1997). Methods in Enzimology, Vol. 276, Macromolecular Crystallography, Part A, edited by C. W. Carter Jr & R. M. Sweet, pp. 307-326. New York: Academic Press.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Spek, A. L. (2003). J. Appl. Cryst. 36, 7-13.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o2173  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808034120 ]

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