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Volume 66 
Part 9 
Page o2361  
September 2010  

Received 12 August 2010
Accepted 14 August 2010
Online 21 August 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 100 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.040
wR = 0.104
Data-to-parameter ratio = 16.9
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(E)-N'-(9-Anthrylmethylidene)-p-toluenesulfonohydrazide

aChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia, and bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Correspondence e-mail: seikweng@um.edu.my

The S-N(H)-N=C linkage in the title molecule, C22H18N2O2S, is non-planar [torsion angle = 30.6 (1)°] as the amino N atom is pyramidally coordinated. In the crystal, the amino group acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to an O atom of an adjacent molecule, generating chains running parallel to the b axis.

Related literature

For the structure of the (E)-N'-benzylidene-p-toluenesulfonohydrazide analog, see: Mehrabi et al. (2008[Mehrabi, H., Kia, R., Hassanzadeh, A., Ghobadi, S. & Khavasi, H. R. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, o1845.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C22H18N2O2S

  • Mr = 374.44

  • Orthorhombic, P b c a

  • a = 17.3634 (15) Å

  • b = 9.2438 (8) Å

  • c = 22.882 (2) Å

  • V = 3672.6 (6) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.20 mm-1

  • T = 100 K

  • 0.40 × 0.20 × 0.05 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996[Sheldrick, G. M. (1996). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.926, Tmax = 0.990

  • 22220 measured reflections

  • 4209 independent reflections

  • 3158 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.055

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

  • wR(F2) = 0.104

  • S = 1.02

  • 4209 reflections

  • 249 parameters

  • 1 restraint

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

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.34 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...O1i 0.86 (1) 2.07 (1) 2.911 (2) 169 (2)
Symmetry code: (i) [-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, z].

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009[Bruker (2009). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2009[Bruker (2009). 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: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001[Barbour, L. J. (2001). J. Supramol. Chem. 1, 189-191.]); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010[Westrip, S. P. (2010). J. Appl. Cryst. 43, 920-925.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: PK2262 ).


Acknowledgements

We thank King Abdul Aziz University and the University of Malaya for supporting this study.

References

Barbour, L. J. (2001). J. Supramol. Chem. 1, 189-191.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Bruker (2009). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Mehrabi, H., Kia, R., Hassanzadeh, A., Ghobadi, S. & Khavasi, H. R. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, o1845.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (1996). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Westrip, S. P. (2010). J. Appl. Cryst. 43, 920-925.  [ISI] [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details]


Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o2361  [ doi:10.1107/S160053681003271X ]

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