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January 2011  

Received 28 November 2010
Accepted 29 November 2010
Online 4 December 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 298 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.037
wR = 0.092
Data-to-parameter ratio = 17.6
Details
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2,4-Dichlorobenzaldehyde 4-methylthiosemicarbazone

aDepartment of Chemistry, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: rongchunli01@126.com

The molecule of the title compound, C9H9Cl2N3S, has an E configuration about the C=N bond. In the crystal, molecules are linked through intermolecular N-H...S hydrogen bonds, forming zigzag chains along the a axis.

Related literature

For background to Schiff bases derived from thiosemicarbazone and its derivatives, see: Casas et al. (2001[Casas, J. S., Castineiras, A., Lobana, T. S., Sanchez, A., Sordo, J. & Garcia-Tasende, M. S. (2001). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 31, 329-332.]); Beraldo et al. (2001[Beraldo, H., Lima, R., Teixeira, L. R., Moura, A. A. & West, D. X. (2001). J. Mol. Struct. 559, 99-106.]); Jouad et al. (2002[Jouad, E. M., Allain, M., Khan, M. A. & Bouet, G. M. (2002). J. Mol. Struct. 604, 205-209.]); Swearingen et al. (2002[Swearingen, J. K., Kaminsky, W. & West, D. X. (2002). Transition Met. Chem. 27, 724-731.]). For a similar structure reported recently by the author, see: Li (2010[Li, R. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, o3324.]). 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.]). For similar structures, see: Selvanayagam et al. (2002[Selvanayagam, S., Yogavel, M., Rajakannan, V., Velmurugan, D., Shanmuga Sundara Raj, S. & Fun, H.-K. (2002). Acta Cryst. E58, o1336-o1338.]); Karakurt et al. (2003[Karakurt, T., Dinçer, M., Yilmaz, I. & Çukurovali, A. (2003). Acta Cryst. E59, o1997-o1999.]); Bernhardt et al. (2003[Bernhardt, P. V., Caldwell, L. M., Lovejoy, D. B. & Richardson, D. R. (2003). Acta Cryst. C59, o629-o633.]); Sampath et al. (2003[Sampath, N., Malathy Sony, S. M., Ponnuswamy, M. N. & Nethaji, M. (2003). Acta Cryst. C59, o346-o348.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C9H9Cl2N3S

  • Mr = 262.15

  • Monoclinic, C 2/c

  • a = 13.444 (3) Å

  • b = 9.3299 (19) Å

  • c = 18.499 (4) Å

  • [beta] = 92.160 (2)°

  • V = 2318.7 (8) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.71 mm-1

  • T = 298 K

  • 0.18 × 0.17 × 0.13 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2004[Sheldrick, G. M. (2004). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.883, Tmax = 0.913

  • 7167 measured reflections

  • 2518 independent reflections

  • 1956 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.029

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.037

  • wR(F2) = 0.092

  • S = 1.05

  • 2518 reflections

  • 143 parameters

  • 2 restraints

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

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.23 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.35 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
N2-H2...S1i 0.90 (1) 2.54 (1) 3.4169 (18) 167 (2)
N3-H3...S1ii 0.89 (1) 2.77 (2) 3.491 (2) 139 (2)
Symmetry codes: (i) [-x, y, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]; (ii) [-x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y-{\script{1\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}].

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004[Bruker (2004). 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: 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: HG2763 ).


References

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.
Beraldo, H., Lima, R., Teixeira, L. R., Moura, A. A. & West, D. X. (2001). J. Mol. Struct. 559, 99-106.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Bernhardt, P. V., Caldwell, L. M., Lovejoy, D. B. & Richardson, D. R. (2003). Acta Cryst. C59, o629-o633.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Bruker (2004). APEX2 and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Casas, J. S., Castineiras, A., Lobana, T. S., Sanchez, A., Sordo, J. & Garcia-Tasende, M. S. (2001). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 31, 329-332.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Jouad, E. M., Allain, M., Khan, M. A. & Bouet, G. M. (2002). J. Mol. Struct. 604, 205-209.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Karakurt, T., Dinçer, M., Yilmaz, I. & Çukurovali, A. (2003). Acta Cryst. E59, o1997-o1999.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Li, R. (2010). Acta Cryst. E66, o3324.  [CrossRef] [details]
Sampath, N., Malathy Sony, S. M., Ponnuswamy, M. N. & Nethaji, M. (2003). Acta Cryst. C59, o346-o348.  [CrossRef] [details]
Selvanayagam, S., Yogavel, M., Rajakannan, V., Velmurugan, D., Shanmuga Sundara Raj, S. & Fun, H.-K. (2002). Acta Cryst. E58, o1336-o1338.  [CSD] [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2004). SADABS. University of Göttingen, Germany.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
Swearingen, J. K., Kaminsky, W. & West, D. X. (2002). Transition Met. Chem. 27, 724-731.  [ISI] [CSD] [CrossRef] [ChemPort]


Acta Cryst (2011). E67, o20  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810049743 ]

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