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Volume 66 
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April 2010  

Received 23 March 2010
Accepted 24 March 2010
Online 31 March 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 296 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.050
wR = 0.157
Data-to-parameter ratio = 20.8
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N-Ethyl-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide

aMaterials Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan
Correspondence e-mail: iukhan.gcu@gmail.com

In the title compound, C15H17NO2S, the aromatic rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 32.8 (1)°. The ethyl group and phenyl ring on the N atom adopt a staggered conformation with respect to the O atoms.

Related literature

For related structures, see: Gowda et al. (2009[Gowda, B. T., Foro, S., Nirmala, P. G., Terao, H. & Fuess, H. (2009). Acta Cryst. E65, o1219.]); Nirmala et al. (2009a[Nirmala, P. G., Gowda, B. T., Foro, S. & Fuess, H. (2009a). Acta Cryst. E65, o3184.],b[Nirmala, P. G., Gowda, B. T., Foro, S. & Fuess, H. (2009b). Acta Cryst. E65, o3208.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C15H17NO2S

  • Mr = 275.36

  • Orthorhombic, P b c a

  • a = 14.1248 (6) Å

  • b = 10.4126 (5) Å

  • c = 19.7639 (10) Å

  • V = 2906.8 (2) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.22 mm-1

  • T = 296 K

  • 0.32 × 0.19 × 0.16 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007[Bruker (2007). SADABS, APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.951, Tmax = 0.966

  • 15016 measured reflections

  • 3599 independent reflections

  • 1759 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.045

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.050

  • wR(F2) = 0.157

  • S = 1.00

  • 3597 reflections

  • 173 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.19 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.31 e Å-3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007[Bruker (2007). SADABS, APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2007[Bruker (2007). SADABS, APEX2 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: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]) and PLATON (Spek, 2009[Spek, A. L. (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155.]); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999[Farrugia, L. J. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 837-838.]) and PLATON.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: NG2749 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan for providing a grant under the project strengthening the Materials Chemistry Laboratory at GC University Lahore. MNA also acknowledges the HEC for providing a fellowship under the International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP)

References

Bruker (2007). SADABS, APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Nirmala, P. G., Gowda, B. T., Foro, S. & Fuess, H. (2009a). Acta Cryst. E65, o3184.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Nirmala, P. G., Gowda, B. T., Foro, S. & Fuess, H. (2009b). Acta Cryst. E65, o3208.  [CrossRef] [details]
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Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o979  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810011219 ]

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