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Received 1 March 2012
Accepted 9 March 2012
Online 17 March 2012

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 100 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.079
wR = 0.214
Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.9
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2-[(1H-Imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-indole

aKey Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: jpliu@ynu.edu.cn

In the title compound, C19H14F3N3, the dihedral angles between the mean planes of the indole ring and the 4-CF3-phenyl and imidazole rings are 54.95 (4) and 61.36 (7)°, respectively.

Related literature

For background to indole derivatives and their biological activity, see: Muftuoglua & Mustatab (2010[Muftuoglua, Y. & Mustatab, G. (2010). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 20, 3050-3064.]); Jiao et al. (2010[Jiao, J., Xiang, H. & Liao, Q. (2010). Curr. Med. Chem. 17, 3476-3487.]). For related structures, see: Borgne et al. (1999[Borgne, M. L., Marchand, P., Delevoye-Seiller, B., Robert, J.-M., Baut, G. L., Hartmann, R. W. & Palzer, M. (1999). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 9, 333-336.]); Lézé et al. (2006[Lézé, M.-P., Borgne, M. L., Pinson, P., Palusczak, A., Duflos, M., Baut, G. L. & Hartmann, R. W. (2006). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 16, 1134-1137.]); Marchand et al. (2003[Marchand, P., Borgne, M. L., Palzer, M., Baut, G. L. & Hartmann, R. W. (2003). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 13, 1553-1555.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C19H14F3N3

  • Mr = 341.33

  • Orthorhombic, P b c a

  • a = 10.3732 (17) Å

  • b = 7.9960 (13) Å

  • c = 37.665 (6) Å

  • V = 3124.0 (9) Å3

  • Z = 8

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.11 mm-1

  • T = 100 K

  • 0.53 × 0.26 × 0.05 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2004[Sheldrick, G. M. (2004). SADBAS. University of Göttingen, Germany.]) Tmin = 0.943, Tmax = 0.994

  • 30000 measured reflections

  • 4505 independent reflections

  • 3217 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.093

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.079

  • wR(F2) = 0.214

  • S = 0.99

  • 4505 reflections

  • 226 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.51 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.38 e Å-3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 1998[Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 1998[Bruker (1998). SMART 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: JJ2125 ).


Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of P. R. China (20562012).

References

Borgne, M. L., Marchand, P., Delevoye-Seiller, B., Robert, J.-M., Baut, G. L., Hartmann, R. W. & Palzer, M. (1999). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 9, 333-336.  [PubMed]
Bruker (1998). SMART and SAINT. Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Jiao, J., Xiang, H. & Liao, Q. (2010). Curr. Med. Chem. 17, 3476-3487.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [PubMed]
Lézé, M.-P., Borgne, M. L., Pinson, P., Palusczak, A., Duflos, M., Baut, G. L. & Hartmann, R. W. (2006). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 16, 1134-1137.  [PubMed]
Marchand, P., Borgne, M. L., Palzer, M., Baut, G. L. & Hartmann, R. W. (2003). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 13, 1553-1555.  [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Muftuoglua, Y. & Mustatab, G. (2010). Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 20, 3050-3064.  [PubMed]
Sheldrick, G. M. (2004). SADBAS. University of Göttingen, Germany.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2012). E68, o1081  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536812010471 ]

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