2-Chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)benzamide

In the title compound, C15H14ClNO, the N—H and C=O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other. The amide group is inclined at 60.3 (1)° to the chloro-substituted benzoyl ring and at 59.2 (1)° to the dimethyl-substituted aniline ring. The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1)°. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [010].

In the title compound, C 15 H 14 ClNO, the N-H and C O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other. The amide group is inclined at 60.3 (1) to the chloro-substituted benzoyl ring and at 59.2 (1) to the dimethyl-substituted aniline ring. The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1) . In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by intermolecular N-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [010].
MT and JK thank the Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic (VEGA 1/0817/08) and the Structural Funds, Interreg IIIA, for financial support in purchasing the diffractometer. VZR thanks the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, for the award of a research fellowship.
Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: TK2683).
The molecular structure of (I) includes a short intramolecular Cl1···O1 contact of 3.1837 (16) Å, which can be interpreted within the concept of halogen bonding (Fourmigué, 2009). The central amide group -NHCO-is inclined at 60.3 (1) ° to the benzoyl ring (C2-C7) and at 59.2 (1) ° to the anilino ring (C8-C13). The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1) °. The crystal packing (Fig. 2) is dominated by intermolecular N-H···O hydrogen bonds (Table   1) which link the molecules into the chains extending along the b axis.

Experimental
The title compound was prepared according to the literature method (Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003). Plate-like colorless single crystals of (I) were obtained from an ethanolic solution held at room temperature.