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Volume 66 
Part 4 
Page o726  
April 2010  

Received 21 February 2010
Accepted 25 February 2010
Online 3 March 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 296 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.002 Å
R = 0.045
wR = 0.146
Data-to-parameter ratio = 17.1
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3-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde

aDepartment of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
Correspondence e-mail: btko@cycu.edu.tw

In the title compound, C14H11N3O2, the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the benzotriazole ring system and the benzene ring of the salicylaldehyde group is 2.4 (2)°. There is an intramolecular O-H...N hydrogen bond which may influence the molecular conformation.

Related literature

For the application of N,N,O-tridentate Schiff-base metal complexes in the catalytic ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide, see: Wu et al. (2005[Wu, J.-C., Huang, B.-H., Hsueh, M.-L., Lai, S.-L. & Lin, C.-C. (2005). Polymer, 46, 9784-9792.]); Chen et al. (2006[Chen, H.-Y., Tang, H.-Y. & Lin, C.-C. (2006). Macromolecules, 39, 3745-3752.]). For a related structure, see: Li et al. (2009[Li, J.-Y., Liu, Y.-C., Lin, C.-H. & Ko, B.-T. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o2475.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C14H11N3O2

  • Mr = 253.26

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 12.2724 (5) Å

  • b = 14.5018 (5) Å

  • c = 6.8897 (3) Å

  • [beta] = 91.571 (2)°

  • V = 1225.71 (8) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.10 mm-1

  • T = 296 K

  • 0.34 × 0.31 × 0.23 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008[Bruker (2008). APEX2, SADABS and SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.977

  • 13912 measured reflections

  • 2946 independent reflections

  • 1657 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.070

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.045

  • wR(F2) = 0.146

  • S = 1.01

  • 2946 reflections

  • 172 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.21 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.21 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
O1-H1A...N1 0.85 1.94 2.588 (2) 132

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008[Bruker (2008). APEX2, SADABS and SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2008[Bruker (2008). APEX2, SADABS and SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT-Plus; 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: LH5003 ).


Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support in part from the National Science Council, Taiwan (NSC97-2113-M-033-005-MY2) and in part from the project of the specific research fields in Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (No. CYCU-98-CR-CH).

References

Bruker (2008). APEX2, SADABS and SAINT-Plus. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Chen, H.-Y., Tang, H.-Y. & Lin, C.-C. (2006). Macromolecules, 39, 3745-3752.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Li, J.-Y., Liu, Y.-C., Lin, C.-H. & Ko, B.-T. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o2475.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wu, J.-C., Huang, B.-H., Hsueh, M.-L., Lai, S.-L. & Lin, C.-C. (2005). Polymer, 46, 9784-9792.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o726  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810007233 ]

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