organic compounds
N-(4-Methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline
aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, bDepartment of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruder Bošković Institute, PO Box 180, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia, and c5th High School, Klaićeva 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
*Correspondence e-mail: mdjakovic@chem.pmf.hr
In the title compound, C14H14N2O2, the angle between the mean plane of the N-methyl-3-nitroaniline system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0185 Å) and the p-tolyl unit is 89.79 (4)°. In the crystal, hydrogen-bonded chains running along [10-1] are generated by the linking of neighbouring molecules via N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the 3-nitroaniline systems and forming R22(8) motifs.
Related literature
For related structures, see: Betz et al. (2011); Stilinović & Portada (2011); Xing et al. (2006). For the synthesis, see: Magyarfalvi (2008). For graph-set theory, see: Etter (1990); Bernstein et al. (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812024348/fj2555sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812024348/fj2555Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared using a slightly modified procedure (Magyarfalvi, 2008) and isolated in a form of yellow crystalline product. Used: 3-nitroaniline (1.10 g; 7.96 mmol), p-tolualdehyde (1.74 ml; 1.77 g; 14.7 mmol), sodium tetrahydridoborate (0.50 g; 13.2 mmol). Yield: 1.12 g (58%). Upon re-crystallization in ethanol, yellow block-like crystalls suitable for the X-ray experiment were obtained in 3–4 days.
In the final cycles of
in the absence of significant effect, 1856 Friedel pairs were merged and Δf'' set to zero. The amine H atom was located in the difference Fourier map and freely refined, giving N—H distance of 0.78 (3) Å. All other H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent C atom at distances of 0.93, 0.96 and 0.97 Å for aromatic, methyl and CH2 H atoms, respectively, and with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) (for aromatic and CH2 H atoms), and Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C) (for methyl group).Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C14H14N2O2 | F(000) = 256 |
Mr = 242.27 | Dx = 1.288 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2 yb | Cell parameters from 4334 reflections |
a = 5.1851 (4) Å | θ = 4.4–32.7° |
b = 21.408 (2) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 5.6833 (4) Å | T = 296 K |
β = 98.010 (7)° | Plate, yellow |
V = 624.71 (8) Å3 | 0.57 × 0.50 × 0.19 mm |
Z = 2 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire-3 CCD area detector | 1856 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance (Mo) X-ray Source | 1373 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.042 |
Detector resolution: 16.3426 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 4.4° |
CCD scans | h = −7→7 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | k = −30→30 |
Tmin = 0.953, Tmax = 0.958 | l = −7→7 |
11868 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.117 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0688P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1856 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
167 parameters | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.11 e Å−3 |
C14H14N2O2 | V = 624.71 (8) Å3 |
Mr = 242.27 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.1851 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 21.408 (2) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 5.6833 (4) Å | 0.57 × 0.50 × 0.19 mm |
β = 98.010 (7)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire-3 CCD area detector | 1856 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 1373 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.953, Tmax = 0.958 | Rint = 0.042 |
11868 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.117 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
1856 reflections | Δρmin = −0.11 e Å−3 |
167 parameters |
Geometry. Bond distances, angles etc. have been calculated using the rounded fractional coordinates. All su's are estimated from the variances of the (full) variance-covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account in the estimation of distances, angles and torsion angles |
Refinement. Refinement on F2 for ALL reflections except those flagged by the user for potential systematic errors. Weighted R-factors wR and all goodnesses of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The observed criterion of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating -R-factor-obs etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R-factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.0400 (4) | 0.59135 (11) | 0.2460 (4) | 0.0814 (8) | |
O2 | 0.1836 (4) | 0.49767 (11) | 0.2911 (3) | 0.0688 (7) | |
N1 | 0.8389 (4) | 0.47827 (11) | −0.2730 (5) | 0.0645 (8) | |
N2 | 0.1802 (4) | 0.54885 (10) | 0.1976 (3) | 0.0525 (7) | |
C1 | 0.6686 (4) | 0.52300 (11) | −0.2149 (4) | 0.0455 (6) | |
C2 | 0.5065 (4) | 0.51224 (10) | −0.0402 (4) | 0.0417 (6) | |
C3 | 0.3489 (4) | 0.56021 (10) | 0.0150 (4) | 0.0434 (6) | |
C4 | 0.3374 (5) | 0.61797 (11) | −0.0925 (5) | 0.0564 (8) | |
C5 | 0.4936 (5) | 0.62762 (13) | −0.2656 (5) | 0.0627 (9) | |
C6 | 0.6563 (5) | 0.58119 (12) | −0.3245 (4) | 0.0558 (8) | |
C7 | 0.8676 (5) | 0.41780 (13) | −0.1683 (5) | 0.0619 (8) | |
C8 | 0.6482 (4) | 0.37253 (11) | −0.2473 (4) | 0.0511 (7) | |
C9 | 0.5891 (6) | 0.32463 (15) | −0.1024 (5) | 0.0703 (10) | |
C10 | 0.3929 (7) | 0.28214 (14) | −0.1763 (6) | 0.0747 (11) | |
C11 | 0.2506 (6) | 0.28531 (12) | −0.3980 (5) | 0.0628 (9) | |
C12 | 0.3078 (6) | 0.33344 (14) | −0.5412 (5) | 0.0669 (9) | |
C13 | 0.5021 (6) | 0.37587 (13) | −0.4681 (5) | 0.0608 (8) | |
C14 | 0.0335 (7) | 0.23991 (16) | −0.4795 (9) | 0.0912 (13) | |
H1N | 0.913 (6) | 0.4885 (14) | −0.376 (5) | 0.061 (8)* | |
H2 | 0.50580 | 0.47380 | 0.03580 | 0.0500* | |
H4 | 0.22830 | 0.64920 | −0.04980 | 0.0680* | |
H5 | 0.48930 | 0.66590 | −0.34350 | 0.0750* | |
H6 | 0.76130 | 0.58890 | −0.44120 | 0.0670* | |
H7A | 0.88320 | 0.42240 | 0.00290 | 0.0740* | |
H7B | 1.02900 | 0.39970 | −0.20470 | 0.0740* | |
H9 | 0.68320 | 0.32070 | 0.04860 | 0.0840* | |
H10 | 0.35690 | 0.25070 | −0.07280 | 0.0890* | |
H12 | 0.21290 | 0.33750 | −0.69180 | 0.0800* | |
H13 | 0.53540 | 0.40770 | −0.57100 | 0.0730* | |
H14A | −0.04300 | 0.25020 | −0.63840 | 0.1370* | |
H14B | −0.09690 | 0.24240 | −0.37530 | 0.1370* | |
H14C | 0.10230 | 0.19820 | −0.47650 | 0.1370* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0779 (13) | 0.0904 (15) | 0.0858 (13) | 0.0136 (12) | 0.0468 (11) | −0.0109 (11) |
O2 | 0.0736 (12) | 0.0795 (13) | 0.0590 (10) | −0.0050 (10) | 0.0297 (9) | 0.0073 (10) |
N1 | 0.0566 (13) | 0.0626 (13) | 0.0834 (15) | −0.0065 (10) | 0.0420 (12) | −0.0110 (11) |
N2 | 0.0432 (10) | 0.0693 (14) | 0.0474 (10) | −0.0029 (9) | 0.0144 (8) | −0.0086 (10) |
C1 | 0.0394 (10) | 0.0524 (12) | 0.0462 (11) | −0.0081 (9) | 0.0108 (8) | −0.0108 (9) |
C2 | 0.0376 (9) | 0.0446 (11) | 0.0443 (10) | −0.0026 (8) | 0.0111 (8) | −0.0001 (8) |
C3 | 0.0394 (10) | 0.0537 (12) | 0.0387 (9) | −0.0031 (9) | 0.0116 (8) | −0.0042 (8) |
C4 | 0.0525 (13) | 0.0498 (13) | 0.0695 (14) | 0.0056 (11) | 0.0173 (11) | −0.0005 (12) |
C5 | 0.0689 (16) | 0.0546 (14) | 0.0668 (15) | 0.0009 (12) | 0.0177 (13) | 0.0136 (12) |
C6 | 0.0534 (13) | 0.0654 (15) | 0.0530 (13) | −0.0136 (11) | 0.0226 (10) | 0.0013 (11) |
C7 | 0.0446 (12) | 0.0669 (15) | 0.0753 (16) | 0.0093 (12) | 0.0120 (11) | −0.0171 (13) |
C8 | 0.0521 (12) | 0.0502 (12) | 0.0528 (12) | 0.0131 (10) | 0.0142 (10) | −0.0040 (10) |
C9 | 0.0801 (19) | 0.0749 (17) | 0.0551 (14) | 0.0082 (16) | 0.0069 (13) | 0.0144 (14) |
C10 | 0.085 (2) | 0.0564 (15) | 0.088 (2) | 0.0077 (14) | 0.0303 (17) | 0.0262 (15) |
C11 | 0.0629 (16) | 0.0478 (13) | 0.0820 (19) | 0.0067 (11) | 0.0252 (15) | −0.0065 (13) |
C12 | 0.0719 (17) | 0.0706 (17) | 0.0572 (14) | −0.0026 (14) | 0.0057 (12) | −0.0049 (13) |
C13 | 0.0720 (15) | 0.0569 (13) | 0.0547 (13) | −0.0022 (13) | 0.0135 (11) | 0.0080 (12) |
C14 | 0.078 (2) | 0.0619 (18) | 0.137 (3) | −0.0059 (15) | 0.027 (2) | −0.021 (2) |
O1—N2 | 1.220 (3) | C11—C14 | 1.510 (5) |
O2—N2 | 1.217 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.371 (4) |
N1—C1 | 1.374 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.377 (4) |
N1—C7 | 1.424 (4) | C2—H2 | 0.9300 |
N2—C3 | 1.468 (3) | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
N1—H1N | 0.78 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
C1—C6 | 1.390 (3) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.406 (3) | C7—H7A | 0.9700 |
C2—C3 | 1.376 (3) | C7—H7B | 0.9700 |
C3—C4 | 1.377 (3) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.374 (4) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.375 (4) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C7—C8 | 1.514 (4) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C8—C13 | 1.374 (4) | C14—H14A | 0.9600 |
C8—C9 | 1.376 (4) | C14—H14B | 0.9600 |
C9—C10 | 1.386 (5) | C14—H14C | 0.9600 |
C10—C11 | 1.370 (4) | ||
O1···C1i | 3.362 (3) | C13···H7Bi | 3.0900 |
O1···C6ii | 3.364 (3) | H1N···O2vi | 2.52 (3) |
O2···C7i | 3.352 (3) | H1N···H6 | 2.3000 |
O2···C13iii | 3.282 (4) | H2···O2 | 2.4200 |
O1···H14Civ | 2.7900 | H2···C7 | 2.6300 |
O1···H4 | 2.4000 | H2···C8 | 2.8600 |
O1···H6ii | 2.4400 | H2···H7A | 2.2800 |
O2···H1Nii | 2.52 (3) | H4···O1 | 2.4000 |
O2···H2 | 2.4200 | H5···H14Cviii | 2.5700 |
O2···H7Ai | 2.6400 | H6···O1vi | 2.4400 |
O2···H13iii | 2.6900 | H6···H1N | 2.3000 |
N1···C3v | 3.398 (3) | H6···H14Cviii | 2.5100 |
N2···C1i | 3.333 (3) | H7A···O2v | 2.6400 |
N1···H13 | 2.6200 | H7A···C2 | 2.7300 |
C1···O1v | 3.362 (3) | H7A···H2 | 2.2800 |
C1···N2v | 3.333 (3) | H7A···H9 | 2.4400 |
C1···C13 | 3.520 (4) | H7B···C11v | 2.9800 |
C2···C8 | 3.333 (3) | H7B···C12v | 2.9200 |
C3···N1i | 3.398 (3) | H7B···C13v | 3.0900 |
C6···O1vi | 3.364 (3) | H9···H7A | 2.4400 |
C7···O2v | 3.352 (3) | H9···H14Aix | 2.6000 |
C8···C2 | 3.333 (3) | H12···H14A | 2.3400 |
C13···C1 | 3.520 (4) | H13···O2vii | 2.6900 |
C13···O2vii | 3.282 (4) | H13···N1 | 2.6200 |
C2···H7A | 2.7300 | H14A···H9x | 2.6000 |
C6···H14Cviii | 3.0800 | H14A···H12 | 2.3400 |
C7···H2 | 2.6300 | H14B···C9i | 2.9800 |
C8···H2 | 2.8600 | H14C···O1xi | 2.7900 |
C9···H14Bv | 2.9800 | H14C···C6xii | 3.0800 |
C11···H7Bi | 2.9800 | H14C···H5xii | 2.5700 |
C12···H7Bi | 2.9200 | H14C···H6xii | 2.5100 |
C1—N1—C7 | 124.5 (2) | C1—C2—H2 | 121.00 |
O1—N2—O2 | 123.1 (2) | C3—C2—H2 | 121.00 |
O1—N2—C3 | 117.9 (2) | C3—C4—H4 | 121.00 |
O2—N2—C3 | 119.0 (2) | C5—C4—H4 | 121.00 |
C7—N1—H1N | 123 (2) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
C1—N1—H1N | 113 (2) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
N1—C1—C6 | 120.5 (2) | C1—C6—H6 | 119.00 |
C2—C1—C6 | 117.9 (2) | C5—C6—H6 | 119.00 |
N1—C1—C2 | 121.5 (2) | N1—C7—H7A | 108.00 |
C1—C2—C3 | 118.1 (2) | N1—C7—H7B | 108.00 |
N2—C3—C4 | 118.0 (2) | C8—C7—H7A | 108.00 |
N2—C3—C2 | 117.97 (19) | C8—C7—H7B | 108.00 |
C2—C3—C4 | 124.0 (2) | H7A—C7—H7B | 107.00 |
C3—C4—C5 | 117.3 (2) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.6 (2) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
C1—C6—C5 | 122.0 (2) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.00 |
N1—C7—C8 | 115.3 (2) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.00 |
C9—C8—C13 | 116.4 (2) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.00 |
C7—C8—C9 | 121.4 (2) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.00 |
C7—C8—C13 | 122.2 (2) | C8—C13—H13 | 119.00 |
C8—C9—C10 | 121.5 (3) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.00 |
C9—C10—C11 | 121.7 (3) | C11—C14—H14A | 109.00 |
C10—C11—C14 | 122.2 (3) | C11—C14—H14B | 110.00 |
C10—C11—C12 | 116.7 (3) | C11—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C12—C11—C14 | 121.0 (3) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.00 |
C11—C12—C13 | 121.8 (3) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C8—C13—C12 | 121.9 (3) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C7—N1—C1—C2 | 0.7 (4) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.9 (4) |
C7—N1—C1—C6 | 179.2 (2) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | 0.6 (4) |
C1—N1—C7—C8 | 73.9 (3) | N1—C7—C8—C9 | −152.7 (3) |
O1—N2—C3—C2 | −179.8 (2) | N1—C7—C8—C13 | 29.0 (4) |
O1—N2—C3—C4 | −0.6 (3) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | 178.1 (3) |
O2—N2—C3—C2 | −0.8 (3) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −178.3 (3) |
O2—N2—C3—C4 | 178.5 (2) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | 0.1 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 177.4 (2) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −0.3 (4) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −1.1 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.8 (5) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | −178.1 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.5 (5) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 0.5 (4) | C9—C10—C11—C14 | −179.0 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—N2 | −179.93 (19) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 1.3 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.9 (3) | C14—C11—C12—C13 | 178.9 (3) |
N2—C3—C4—C5 | −179.1 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −0.4 (5) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.1 (4) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z; (ii) x−1, y, z+1; (iii) x, y, z+1; (iv) −x, y+1/2, −z; (v) x+1, y, z; (vi) x+1, y, z−1; (vii) x, y, z−1; (viii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z−1; (ix) x+1, y, z+1; (x) x−1, y, z−1; (xi) −x, y−1/2, −z; (xii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z−1. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O2vi | 0.78 (3) | 2.52 (3) | 3.277 (3) | 168 (3) |
C6—H6···O1vi | 0.93 | 2.44 | 3.364 (3) | 171 |
C7—H7A···O2v | 0.97 | 2.64 | 3.352 (3) | 130 |
C13—H13···O2vii | 0.93 | 2.69 | 3.282 (4) | 122 |
Symmetry codes: (v) x+1, y, z; (vi) x+1, y, z−1; (vii) x, y, z−1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H14N2O2 |
Mr | 242.27 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.1851 (4), 21.408 (2), 5.6833 (4) |
β (°) | 98.010 (7) |
V (Å3) | 624.71 (8) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.57 × 0.50 × 0.19 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire-3 CCD area detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.953, 0.958 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 11868, 1856, 1373 |
Rint | 0.042 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.046, 0.117, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 1856 |
No. of parameters | 167 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.16, −0.11 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O2i | 0.78 (3) | 2.52 (3) | 3.277 (3) | 168 (3) |
C6—H6···O1i | 0.93 | 2.44 | 3.364 (3) | 171 |
C7—H7A···O2ii | 0.97 | 2.64 | 3.352 (3) | 130 |
C13—H13···O2iii | 0.93 | 2.69 | 3.282 (4) | 122 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z−1; (ii) x+1, y, z; (iii) x, y, z−1. |
Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb (grant Nos. 119–1193079–1332 and 098–0982904–2912) and the 5th High School, Zagreb, Croatia.
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The title compound, N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline, is prepared as a part of the laboratory work with high school students, and the synthesis followed the Preparatory problems for the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad (Magyarfalvi, 2008) involving slight modifications.
Recently, N-benzyl-3-nitroaniline was reported (Stilinović & Portada, 2011). The difference between the title compound and the previously reported one is only in methyl substituent on the N-benzyl moiety, since it was of interest to study the influence of the benzyl moiety substituents on the molecular conformation, and consequently the hydrogen bonding formation.
The addition of methyl substituent on the benzyl moiety in the title compound did not cause any significant conformational difference. The molecule retained a bent conformation with the torsion angle about the central C—N bond of 73.9 (2)° being very similar to analogous one in the recently reported compound (Stilinović & Portada, 2011). Furthermore, the N-methyl-3-nitroaniline system in the title compound is nearly ideally planar (r.m.s. deviation of the atoms C1–C7/N1/N2/O1/O2 from their mean plane is 0.0185 Å, with oxygen atom O2 being the one that deviates most from that plane, 0.031 (2) Å). The p-tolyl substituent is tilted at an angle of 89.79 (4)° to the rest of the molecule.
Two neighbouring molecules are connected through the set of N—H···O and C—H···O hydrogen bonds in the head to tail manner forming R22(8) motifs (Etter, 1990; Bernstein et al., 1995) that generate one-dimensional chains running in the [101] direction. The same hydrogen bonding pattern is also found in N-benzyl-3-nitroaniline (Stilinović & Portada, 2011) what leads to the conclusion that the methyl substituent in p-position to the central C—N bond do not influence neither hydrogen bonding geometry nor general hydrogen bonding framework formation.