organic compounds
N-(4-Methylbenzyl)-3-nitroanilinium chloride
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
The cation of the title compound, C14H15N2O2+·Cl−, comprises two almost ideally planar systems, 3-nitrophenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0117 Å) and 4-methylphenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.238 Å), separated by the central C—N bond, and with their mean planes inclined to one another by 61.36 (5)°. In the crystal, hydrogen-bonded chains running along [001] are generated by connecting neighbouring molecules via N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and consolidated by C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯O interactions. Within these chains, fused R21(6) and R32(10) ring motifs are formed. Parallel chains are further linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to (100) via C—H⋯O interactions.
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For the N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline, see: Đaković et al. (2012). For the crystal structures of hydrochloride salts of similar N-benzylanilines, see: Dai et al. (2010); Albrecht et al. (2010); Boulcina et al. (2011). For graph-set theory, see: Etter (1990); Bernstein et al. (1995).
of the free base,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., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026281/su2452sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026281/su2452Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812026281/su2452Isup3.cml
The title compound was prepared by dissolving of N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline, obtained as previously reported (Đaković et al., 2012), in a methanolic solution of hydrogen chloride, 3% wt. Light-yellow block-like crystals, suitable for the X-ray
were obtained by slow evaporation over 3–4 days.The amine H atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and freely refined, giving N—H distances of 0.87 (2) and 0.94 (2) Å. The C-bound H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms: C—H = 0.93, 0.96 and 0.97 A for aromatic, methyl and methylene H atoms, respectively, with Uiso(H) = k ×Ueq(C), where k = 1.5 for methyl H atoms and = 1.2 for other H atoms.
The title compound, N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroanilinium chloride, was prepared in a continuation of our laboratory work with high school students, in the scope of which we have recently reported the structure of the free base, N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline (Đaković et al., 2012).
As expected, the protonation of the nitrogen atom N1 in the title compound (Fig. 1), significantly influences its overall geometry in comparison with the recently reported structure of its free base mentioned above. In the latter the N-methyl-3-nitroaniline system is nearly ideally planar, while in the title cation only the 3-nitroaniline unit retains its almost ideally planar geometry (r.m.s. deviation of the atoms C1–C6/N1/N2/O1/O2 from their mean plane being 0.0117 Å, with atom N1 deviating from the plane by 0.041 (2) Å). Furthermore, atom C7 is pushed out of the plane by 0.840 (2) Å as a result of the changes in
(sp2 to sp3) after protonation of atom N1. This feature is also reflected in the pronounced differences of the torsion angle C2—C1—N1—C7, that is 140.6 (2) ° for the title cation, and 0.8 (3) ° for the free base. Therefore, contrary to the bent conformation of the free base molecule, the cation of the title compound comprises two almost planar systems, 3-nitrophenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0117 Å) and 4-methylphenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.238 Å), that are separated by the central C—N bond, with a dihedral angle of 61.36 (5) °.In the crystal, neighbouring molecules are linked by N—H···Cl hydrogen bonds and C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions generating one-dimensional chains running in the [0 0 1] direction (Fig. 2). Within these chains fused R12(6) and R23(10) ring motifs (Etter, 1990; Bernstein et al., 1995) are formed via the C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions. Parallel chains are further linked into a two-dimensional network via C—H···O interactions (Fig. 3).
For the
of the free base, N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline, see: Đaković et al. (2012). For the crystal structures of hydrochloride salts of similar N-benzylanilines, see: Dai et al. (2010); Albrecht et al. (2010); Boulcina et al. (2011). For graph-set theory, see: Etter (1990); Bernstein et al. (1995).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., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound with atom labelling. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. A partial view of the crystal packing of the title compound showing the infinite one-dimensional wavy chains running in direction [0 0 1] constructed via N—H···Cl hydrogen bonds and C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions (dashed cyan lines) involving the chloride ions and the 3-nitrophenyl system. The atoms involved in the fused R12(6) and R23(10) ring motifs are shown as balls (see Table 1 for details). | |
Fig. 3. The crystal packing of the title compound viewed along the c axis. The N—H···Cl hydrogen bonds and the C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions are shown as dashed cyan lines (see Table 1 for details). |
C14H15N2O2+·Cl− | F(000) = 584 |
Mr = 278.73 | Dx = 1.321 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 3055 reflections |
a = 14.2586 (7) Å | θ = 4.5–32.5° |
b = 13.1416 (8) Å | µ = 0.27 mm−1 |
c = 7.7524 (3) Å | T = 296 K |
β = 105.215 (5)° | Block, light-yellow |
V = 1401.73 (13) Å3 | 0.56 × 0.46 × 0.14 mm |
Z = 4 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Saphire-3 CCD detector | 4075 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance (Mo) X-ray Source | 2357 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.024 |
Detector resolution: 16.3426 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 4.6° |
CCD scans | h = −20→19 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | k = −18→9 |
Tmin = 0.852, Tmax = 0.964 | l = −10→6 |
8156 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.065P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.88 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
4075 reflections | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
181 parameters | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), FC*=KFC[1+0.001XFC2Λ3/SIN(2Θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.0056 (14) |
C14H15N2O2+·Cl− | V = 1401.73 (13) Å3 |
Mr = 278.73 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 14.2586 (7) Å | µ = 0.27 mm−1 |
b = 13.1416 (8) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 7.7524 (3) Å | 0.56 × 0.46 × 0.14 mm |
β = 105.215 (5)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Saphire-3 CCD detector | 4075 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 2357 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.852, Tmax = 0.964 | Rint = 0.024 |
8156 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 0.88 | Δρmax = 0.31 e Å−3 |
4075 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
181 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 | 0.57567 (10) | 0.63507 (13) | 0.82246 (19) | 0.0791 (6) | |
O2 | 0.68831 (9) | 0.61154 (13) | 1.0638 (2) | 0.0867 (6) | |
N1 | 0.26475 (8) | 0.65004 (11) | 1.00157 (16) | 0.0369 (4) | |
N2 | 0.60377 (10) | 0.62354 (11) | 0.9829 (2) | 0.0541 (5) | |
C1 | 0.36701 (10) | 0.63347 (11) | 1.09502 (17) | 0.0347 (4) | |
C2 | 0.43444 (10) | 0.63446 (11) | 0.99596 (18) | 0.0372 (4) | |
C3 | 0.53073 (10) | 0.62306 (12) | 1.08717 (19) | 0.0404 (5) | |
C4 | 0.56150 (12) | 0.61009 (14) | 1.2695 (2) | 0.0543 (6) | |
C5 | 0.49261 (13) | 0.61086 (15) | 1.3644 (2) | 0.0588 (6) | |
C6 | 0.39530 (12) | 0.62219 (13) | 1.27825 (19) | 0.0478 (5) | |
C7 | 0.19176 (11) | 0.58625 (15) | 1.0622 (2) | 0.0502 (5) | |
C8 | 0.09152 (11) | 0.60310 (14) | 0.94307 (19) | 0.0445 (5) | |
C9 | 0.05107 (12) | 0.53434 (15) | 0.8091 (2) | 0.0528 (6) | |
C10 | −0.04264 (12) | 0.54790 (15) | 0.7043 (2) | 0.0564 (6) | |
C11 | −0.09779 (12) | 0.62937 (15) | 0.7283 (2) | 0.0541 (6) | |
C12 | −0.05627 (13) | 0.69956 (17) | 0.8588 (3) | 0.0681 (7) | |
C13 | 0.03705 (12) | 0.68605 (16) | 0.9664 (2) | 0.0613 (7) | |
C14 | −0.20099 (14) | 0.64248 (19) | 0.6153 (3) | 0.0808 (9) | |
Cl1 | 0.24918 (3) | 0.62691 (3) | 0.59416 (4) | 0.0470 (1) | |
H1N | 0.2565 (11) | 0.6433 (12) | 0.887 (2) | 0.042 (4)* | |
H2 | 0.41570 | 0.64250 | 0.87250 | 0.0450* | |
H2N | 0.2519 (14) | 0.7188 (17) | 1.020 (3) | 0.073 (6)* | |
H4 | 0.62700 | 0.60110 | 1.32670 | 0.0650* | |
H5 | 0.51170 | 0.60370 | 1.48800 | 0.0710* | |
H6 | 0.34910 | 0.62220 | 1.34350 | 0.0570* | |
H7A | 0.20890 | 0.51490 | 1.05980 | 0.0600* | |
H7B | 0.19290 | 0.60400 | 1.18420 | 0.0600* | |
H9 | 0.08720 | 0.47860 | 0.78960 | 0.0630* | |
H10 | −0.06890 | 0.50060 | 0.61550 | 0.0680* | |
H12 | −0.09160 | 0.75670 | 0.87460 | 0.0820* | |
H13 | 0.06320 | 0.73340 | 1.05520 | 0.0740* | |
H14A | −0.22840 | 0.70300 | 0.65160 | 0.1210* | |
H14B | −0.23900 | 0.58460 | 0.63070 | 0.1210* | |
H14C | −0.20110 | 0.64820 | 0.49180 | 0.1210* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0592 (8) | 0.1205 (14) | 0.0652 (9) | 0.0020 (8) | 0.0300 (7) | −0.0021 (8) |
O2 | 0.0341 (7) | 0.1123 (14) | 0.1114 (11) | 0.0022 (8) | 0.0153 (7) | −0.0063 (9) |
N1 | 0.0342 (6) | 0.0468 (9) | 0.0297 (6) | 0.0033 (6) | 0.0083 (4) | 0.0001 (5) |
N2 | 0.0361 (7) | 0.0534 (10) | 0.0733 (10) | −0.0024 (7) | 0.0154 (6) | −0.0096 (7) |
C1 | 0.0341 (7) | 0.0351 (8) | 0.0327 (6) | 0.0023 (6) | 0.0047 (5) | −0.0007 (5) |
C2 | 0.0364 (7) | 0.0408 (9) | 0.0327 (6) | 0.0023 (7) | 0.0061 (5) | 0.0000 (6) |
C3 | 0.0332 (7) | 0.0370 (9) | 0.0488 (8) | −0.0025 (7) | 0.0067 (6) | −0.0047 (6) |
C4 | 0.0399 (8) | 0.0597 (12) | 0.0518 (9) | 0.0045 (8) | −0.0084 (7) | −0.0010 (8) |
C5 | 0.0613 (11) | 0.0724 (14) | 0.0332 (7) | 0.0026 (10) | −0.0044 (7) | 0.0023 (7) |
C6 | 0.0505 (8) | 0.0602 (11) | 0.0318 (7) | 0.0014 (8) | 0.0092 (6) | −0.0001 (7) |
C7 | 0.0408 (8) | 0.0648 (12) | 0.0462 (8) | −0.0038 (8) | 0.0138 (6) | 0.0082 (7) |
C8 | 0.0359 (7) | 0.0576 (11) | 0.0420 (8) | −0.0031 (7) | 0.0137 (6) | 0.0004 (7) |
C9 | 0.0479 (9) | 0.0566 (11) | 0.0576 (9) | 0.0014 (9) | 0.0204 (7) | −0.0054 (8) |
C10 | 0.0496 (10) | 0.0692 (13) | 0.0498 (9) | −0.0136 (10) | 0.0121 (7) | −0.0114 (8) |
C11 | 0.0398 (8) | 0.0686 (13) | 0.0520 (9) | −0.0047 (9) | 0.0088 (7) | 0.0064 (8) |
C12 | 0.0465 (10) | 0.0709 (15) | 0.0858 (13) | 0.0099 (10) | 0.0153 (9) | −0.0137 (11) |
C13 | 0.0468 (10) | 0.0702 (14) | 0.0646 (11) | −0.0019 (10) | 0.0106 (8) | −0.0207 (9) |
C14 | 0.0413 (10) | 0.104 (2) | 0.0879 (14) | −0.0025 (11) | 0.0006 (9) | 0.0170 (12) |
Cl1 | 0.0535 (2) | 0.0530 (3) | 0.0344 (2) | −0.0059 (2) | 0.0116 (1) | −0.0013 (2) |
O1—N2 | 1.212 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.370 (3) |
O2—N2 | 1.214 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.382 (3) |
N1—C1 | 1.464 (2) | C11—C14 | 1.512 (3) |
N1—C7 | 1.505 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.384 (3) |
N2—C3 | 1.477 (2) | C2—H2 | 0.9300 |
N1—H2N | 0.94 (2) | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
N1—H1N | 0.87 (2) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.379 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
C1—C6 | 1.379 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9700 |
C2—C3 | 1.378 (2) | C7—H7B | 0.9700 |
C3—C4 | 1.376 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.373 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.381 (2) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C7—C8 | 1.501 (2) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C8—C13 | 1.378 (3) | C14—H14A | 0.9600 |
C8—C9 | 1.383 (2) | C14—H14B | 0.9600 |
C9—C10 | 1.381 (2) | C14—H14C | 0.9600 |
Cl1···C2 | 3.5173 (14) | C6···H7B | 2.8000 |
Cl1···C6i | 3.6084 (17) | C6···H7A | 3.0900 |
Cl1···N1 | 3.1224 (13) | C7···H6 | 2.7300 |
Cl1···N1ii | 3.0398 (15) | C13···H2N | 3.01 (2) |
Cl1···C1ii | 3.5683 (15) | C14···H12ii | 3.0300 |
Cl1···H6i | 2.6900 | C14···H4x | 2.9000 |
Cl1···H2 | 2.7700 | H1N···Cl1 | 2.255 (15) |
Cl1···H7Bi | 3.0800 | H1N···H2 | 2.3000 |
Cl1···H1N | 2.255 (15) | H2···O1 | 2.4100 |
Cl1···H10iii | 3.1400 | H2···H1N | 2.3000 |
Cl1···H2Nii | 2.11 (2) | H2···Cl1 | 2.7700 |
O1···C4ii | 3.374 (3) | H2N···C13 | 3.01 (2) |
O2···C7iv | 3.393 (2) | H2N···Cl1vi | 2.11 (2) |
O1···H5i | 2.5500 | H4···O2 | 2.4200 |
O1···H2 | 2.4100 | H4···H14Cxi | 2.5300 |
O2···H7Aiv | 2.5600 | H4···C14xi | 2.9000 |
O2···H4 | 2.4200 | H5···O1viii | 2.5500 |
O2···H14Av | 2.7200 | H5···C5vii | 3.0500 |
N1···Cl1 | 3.1224 (13) | H6···C7 | 2.7300 |
N1···Cl1vi | 3.0398 (15) | H6···H7B | 2.2600 |
N2···C2iv | 3.445 (2) | H6···Cl1viii | 2.6900 |
C1···Cl1vi | 3.5683 (15) | H7A···C6 | 3.0900 |
C2···C6ii | 3.591 (2) | H7A···H9 | 2.3900 |
C2···N2iv | 3.445 (2) | H7A···O2iv | 2.5600 |
C2···C3iv | 3.505 (2) | H7B···H6 | 2.2600 |
C2···Cl1 | 3.5173 (14) | H7B···Cl1viii | 3.0800 |
C3···C3iv | 3.526 (2) | H7B···C6 | 2.8000 |
C3···C2iv | 3.505 (2) | H7B···H13 | 2.5200 |
C4···O1vi | 3.374 (3) | H9···H7A | 2.3900 |
C5···C5vii | 3.567 (3) | H10···Cl1iii | 3.1400 |
C6···C2vi | 3.591 (2) | H12···H14Cvi | 2.3600 |
C6···Cl1viii | 3.6084 (17) | H12···H14A | 2.3500 |
C7···O2iv | 3.393 (2) | H12···C14vi | 3.0300 |
C7···C10ix | 3.595 (2) | H13···H7B | 2.5200 |
C8···C10ix | 3.591 (2) | H14A···O2xii | 2.7200 |
C10···C8ix | 3.591 (2) | H14A···H12 | 2.3500 |
C10···C7ix | 3.595 (2) | H14C···H4x | 2.5300 |
C5···H5vii | 3.0500 | H14C···H12ii | 2.3600 |
C1—N1—C7 | 116.3 (1) | C8—C13—C12 | 120.56 (17) |
O1—N2—O2 | 124.2 (2) | C1—C2—H2 | 121.00 |
O1—N2—C3 | 118.1 (1) | C3—C2—H2 | 121.00 |
O2—N2—C3 | 117.6 (1) | C3—C4—H4 | 121.00 |
C1—N1—H2N | 106.0 (13) | C5—C4—H4 | 121.00 |
C7—N1—H1N | 110.1 (11) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
C7—N1—H2N | 108.0 (13) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
H1N—N1—H2N | 105.9 (17) | C1—C6—H6 | 120.00 |
C1—N1—H1N | 109.9 (11) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.00 |
N1—C1—C2 | 118.2 (1) | N1—C7—H7A | 110.00 |
N1—C1—C6 | 120.7 (1) | N1—C7—H7B | 110.00 |
C2—C1—C6 | 121.09 (14) | C8—C7—H7A | 110.00 |
C1—C2—C3 | 117.37 (13) | C8—C7—H7B | 110.00 |
N2—C3—C4 | 118.8 (1) | H7A—C7—H7B | 108.00 |
N2—C3—C2 | 118.0 (1) | C8—C9—H9 | 120.00 |
C2—C3—C4 | 123.15 (14) | C10—C9—H9 | 120.00 |
C3—C4—C5 | 117.99 (15) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.00 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.72 (14) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.00 |
C1—C6—C5 | 119.67 (15) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.00 |
N1—C7—C8 | 110.5 (1) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.00 |
C7—C8—C13 | 120.98 (15) | C8—C13—H13 | 120.00 |
C9—C8—C13 | 118.50 (15) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.00 |
C7—C8—C9 | 120.52 (16) | C11—C14—H14A | 109.00 |
C8—C9—C10 | 120.38 (17) | C11—C14—H14B | 109.00 |
C9—C10—C11 | 121.48 (16) | C11—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C10—C11—C12 | 118.05 (16) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.00 |
C12—C11—C14 | 120.85 (18) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C10—C11—C14 | 121.10 (17) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.00 |
C11—C12—C13 | 120.99 (19) | ||
C7—N1—C1—C2 | 140.58 (14) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.3 (3) |
C7—N1—C1—C6 | −42.5 (2) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.4 (3) |
C1—N1—C7—C8 | −174.06 (13) | N1—C7—C8—C13 | −81.38 (19) |
O1—N2—C3—C2 | 0.8 (2) | N1—C7—C8—C9 | 99.82 (19) |
O1—N2—C3—C4 | −179.97 (17) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 177.41 (16) |
O2—N2—C3—C2 | −178.65 (16) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −1.4 (3) |
O2—N2—C3—C4 | 0.6 (2) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | −178.34 (17) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.5 (2) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 0.5 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 177.31 (13) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.5 (3) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | −177.32 (15) | C9—C10—C11—C14 | −178.80 (17) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.4 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.3 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.6 (2) | C14—C11—C12—C13 | 177.86 (18) |
C1—C2—C3—N2 | 179.76 (13) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −2.3 (3) |
N2—C3—C4—C5 | 179.37 (16) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | 1.4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.5 (3) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z−1; (ii) x, −y+3/2, z−1/2; (iii) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (v) x+1, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (vi) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (vii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+3; (viii) x, y, z+1; (ix) −x, −y+1, −z+2; (x) x−1, y, z−1; (xi) x+1, y, z+1; (xii) x−1, −y+3/2, z−1/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···Cl1 | 0.87 (2) | 2.26 (2) | 3.122 (1) | 175 (2) |
N1—H2N···Cl1vi | 0.94 (2) | 2.11 (2) | 3.040 (2) | 169 (2) |
C2—H2···Cl1 | 0.93 | 2.77 | 3.517 (1) | 139 |
C5—H5···O1viii | 0.93 | 2.55 | 3.451 (2) | 164 |
C6—H6···Cl1viii | 0.93 | 2.69 | 3.608 (2) | 167 |
C7—H7A···O2iv | 0.97 | 2.56 | 3.393 (2) | 144 |
Symmetry codes: (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2; (vi) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (viii) x, y, z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H15N2O2+·Cl− |
Mr | 278.73 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 14.2586 (7), 13.1416 (8), 7.7524 (3) |
β (°) | 105.215 (5) |
V (Å3) | 1401.73 (13) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.27 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.56 × 0.46 × 0.14 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Saphire-3 CCD detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.852, 0.964 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8156, 4075, 2357 |
Rint | 0.024 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.043, 0.113, 0.88 |
No. of reflections | 4075 |
No. of parameters | 181 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.31, −0.20 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···Cl1 | 0.87 (2) | 2.26 (2) | 3.122 (1) | 175 (2) |
N1—H2N···Cl1i | 0.94 (2) | 2.11 (2) | 3.040 (2) | 169 (2) |
C2—H2···Cl1 | 0.93 | 2.77 | 3.517 (1) | 139 |
C5—H5···O1ii | 0.93 | 2.55 | 3.451 (2) | 164 |
C6—H6···Cl1ii | 0.93 | 2.69 | 3.608 (2) | 167 |
C7—H7A···O2iii | 0.97 | 2.56 | 3.393 (2) | 144 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y+3/2, z+1/2; (ii) x, y, z+1; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
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-nitroanilinium chloride, was prepared in a continuation of our laboratory work with high school students, in the scope of which we have recently reported the structure of the free base, N-(4-methylbenzyl)-3-nitroaniline (Đaković et al., 2012).
As expected, the protonation of the nitrogen atom N1 in the title compound (Fig. 1), significantly influences its overall geometry in comparison with the recently reported structure of its free base mentioned above. In the latter the N-methyl-3-nitroaniline system is nearly ideally planar, while in the title cation only the 3-nitroaniline unit retains its almost ideally planar geometry (r.m.s. deviation of the atoms C1–C6/N1/N2/O1/O2 from their mean plane being 0.0117 Å, with atom N1 deviating from the plane by 0.041 (2) Å). Furthermore, atom C7 is pushed out of the plane by 0.840 (2) Å as a result of the changes in hybridization (sp2 to sp3) after protonation of atom N1. This feature is also reflected in the pronounced differences of the torsion angle C2—C1—N1—C7, that is 140.6 (2) ° for the title cation, and 0.8 (3) ° for the free base. Therefore, contrary to the bent conformation of the free base molecule, the cation of the title compound comprises two almost planar systems, 3-nitrophenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0117 Å) and 4-methylphenyl (r.m.s. deviation = 0.238 Å), that are separated by the central C—N bond, with a dihedral angle of 61.36 (5) °.
In the crystal, neighbouring molecules are linked by N—H···Cl hydrogen bonds and C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions generating one-dimensional chains running in the [0 0 1] direction (Fig. 2). Within these chains fused R12(6) and R23(10) ring motifs (Etter, 1990; Bernstein et al., 1995) are formed via the C—H···Cl and C—H···O interactions. Parallel chains are further linked into a two-dimensional network via C—H···O interactions (Fig. 3).