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Volume 64 
Part 12 
Page o2249  
December 2008  

Received 20 September 2008
Accepted 27 October 2008
Online 8 November 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 295 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.005 Å
R = 0.046
wR = 0.127
Data-to-parameter ratio = 15.3
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Benzyl N'-(2-chlorobenzylidene)hydrazinecarbodithioate

aDepartment of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University, 271021 Taian, Shandong, People's Republic of China,bDepartment of Chemistry, Taishan University, 271021 Taian, Shandong, People's Republic of China, and cDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, 221116 Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: kobeecho@163.com

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H13ClN2S2, contains two independent molecules, which are linked into a pseudo-centrosymmetric dimer by intermolecular N-H...S hydrogen bonds. The aromatic rings form dihedral angles of 67.06 (3) and 81.85 (2)° in the two independent molecules.

Related literature

For the biomedical properties of ligands derived from S-benzyldithiocarbazate, see: Ali et al. (2001[Ali, M. A., Mirza, A. H., Butcher, R. J., Tarafder, M. T. H., Ali, A. M. & Manaf, A. (2001). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 320, 1-6.], 2002[Ali, M. A., Mirza, A. H., Butcher, R. J., Tarafder, M. T. H., Keat, T. B., Ali, A. M. & &Manaf, A. (2002). J. Inorg. Biochem. 92, 141-148.]); Tarafder et al. (2001[Tarafder, M. T. H., Kasbollah, A., Crouse, K. A., Ali, A. M., Yamin, B. M. & Fun, H.-K. (2001). Polyhedron, 20, 2363-2370.], 2008[Tarafder, M. T. H., Islam, M. T., Islam, M. A. A. A. A., Chantrapromma, S. & Fun, H.-K. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, m416-m417.]). 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
  • C15H13ClN2S2

  • Mr = 320.84

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 11.877 (2) Å

  • b = 11.906 (2) Å

  • c = 12.623 (3) Å

  • [alpha] = 68.242 (3)°

  • [beta] = 71.116 (4)°

  • [gamma] = 82.335 (4)°

  • V = 1568.4 (5) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.50 mm-1

  • T = 295 (2) K

  • 0.12 × 0.10 × 0.06 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005[Bruker (2005). APEX2, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.942, Tmax = 0.971

  • 8397 measured reflections

  • 5524 independent reflections

  • 3436 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.026

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

  • wR(F2) = 0.127

  • S = 0.97

  • 5524 reflections

  • 361 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.44 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.46 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
N1-H1...S4 0.86 2.56 3.405 (3) 166
N3-H3A...S2 0.86 2.60 3.451 (3) 169

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005[Bruker (2005). APEX2, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2005[Bruker (2005). APEX2, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; 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: CV2453 ).


Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the Postgraduate Foundation of Taishan University (grant No. Y06-2-08).

References

Ali, M. A., Mirza, A. H., Butcher, R. J., Tarafder, M. T. H., Ali, A. M. & Manaf, A. (2001). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 320, 1-6.
Ali, M. A., Mirza, A. H., Butcher, R. J., Tarafder, M. T. H., Keat, T. B., Ali, A. M. & &Manaf, A. (2002). J. Inorg. Biochem. 92, 141-148.  [PubMed]
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.
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Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Tarafder, M. T. H., Islam, M. T., Islam, M. A. A. A. A., Chantrapromma, S. & Fun, H.-K. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, m416-m417.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Tarafder, M. T. H., Kasbollah, A., Crouse, K. A., Ali, A. M., Yamin, B. M. & Fun, H.-K. (2001). Polyhedron, 20, 2363-2370.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2008). E64, o2249  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808034892 ]

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