organic compounds
4-Chloro-3-fluoro-2-methylaniline–pyrrolidine-2,5-dione (1/1)
aIdenix Pharmaceuticals, 60 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, and bDepartment of Chemical Crystallography, Chemical Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
*Correspondence e-mail: mayes.ben@idenix.com
Chlorination of 3-fluoro-2-methylaniline with N-chlorosuccinimide gave one major regioisomer whose structure was determined by X-ray crystallography. The product was found to have cocrystallized with succinimide, giving the title compound, C7H7ClFN·C4H5NO2. The is stabilized by N—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding and π–π stacking interactions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.4501 (8) Å.
Related literature
For related literature, see: Lazar et al. (2004); Marterer et al. (2003); Nickson & Roche-Dolson (1985); Shapiro et al. (2006); Tukada & Mazaki (1997); Zanka & Kubota (1999); Görbitz (1999).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001); cell DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO/SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003); molecular graphics: CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CRYSTALS.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808018795/lh2642sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808018795/lh2642Isup2.hkl
3-Fluoro-2-methylaniline (550 mg, 4.40 mmol) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) or 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) (5 ml) and cooled to 0–5°C under argon. N-Chlorosuccinimide (586 mg, 4.39 mmol) was added and the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over 15 h (Fig. 4). Dilution with ethyl acetate, washing with water, drying (sodium sulfate), filtration and evaporation of the solvents gave a crude oil.
Crystals were grown from isopropyl ether by seeding and storing at 4°C for two weeks. The solvent was decanted and the crystals coated with 2 drops of FOMBLIN perfluoropolyether oil.
Additional methods of characterization were recorded: m.p. 75.5–76.0°C; 1H (400 MHz, d3-MeCN): δ = 2.04 (3H, d, J 2.0 Hz, CH3), 2.62 (4H, s, CH2CH2), 4.32 (2H, br-s, NH2), 6.46 (1H, dd, J 8.6 Hz, J 0.8 Hz), 7.00 (1H, a-t, J 8.6 Hz), 8.83 (1H, br-s, NH). 13C (100 MHz, d3-MeCN): δ = 9.12, 9.18 (CH3), 30.26 (CH2CH2), 107.99, 108.19 (C-2), 111.16 (C-6), 111.34, 111.37 (C-4), 127.97, 127.98 (C-3), 147.76, 147.82 (C-5), 156.09, 158.47 (C-1), 179.33 (2 xC=O) (using crystallographic numbering).
The relatively large ratio of minimum to maximum corrections applied in the multiscan process (1:1.85) reflect the poor quality of the sample.
Difficulties in selecting an integration box suitable for all frames were taken into account (Görbitz, 1999) by the multi-scan inter-frame scaling (DENZO/SCALEPACK, Otwinowski & Minor, 1997).
The H atoms were all located in a difference map, but those attached to carbon atoms were repositioned geometrically. The H atoms were initially refined with soft restraints on the bond lengths and angles to regularize their geometry (C—H in the range 0.93–0.98, N—H in the range 0.86–0.89 N—H to 0.86 Å) and Uiso(H) (in the range 1.2–1.5 times Ueq of the parent atom), after which the positions were refined with riding constraints.
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001); cell
DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003); molecular graphics: CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003).C7H7ClFN·C4H5NO2 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 258.68 | F(000) = 268 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.493 Mg m−3 |
a = 7.3853 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 7.4390 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 2870 reflections |
c = 11.5571 (4) Å | θ = 5–29° |
α = 73.1036 (13)° | µ = 0.34 mm−1 |
β = 85.9336 (12)° | T = 120 K |
γ = 71.3703 (14)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 575.53 (3) Å3 | 0.75 × 0.44 × 0.41 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2610 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
ω scans | θmax = 28.7°, θmin = 5.4° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | h = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.47, Tmax = 0.87 | k = −10→9 |
16689 measured reflections | l = −15→15 |
2904 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.032 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.087 | Method = Modified Sheldrick w = 1/[σ2(F2) + (0.05P)2 + 0.35P], where P = [max(Fo2,0) + 2Fc2]/3 |
S = 0.88 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2904 reflections | Δρmax = 0.38 e Å−3 |
154 parameters | Δρmin = −0.37 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C7H7ClFN·C4H5NO2 | γ = 71.3703 (14)° |
Mr = 258.68 | V = 575.53 (3) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.3853 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 7.4390 (2) Å | µ = 0.34 mm−1 |
c = 11.5571 (4) Å | T = 120 K |
α = 73.1036 (13)° | 0.75 × 0.44 × 0.41 mm |
β = 85.9336 (12)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2904 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 2610 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.47, Tmax = 0.87 | Rint = 0.033 |
16689 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.032 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.087 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.88 | Δρmax = 0.38 e Å−3 |
2904 reflections | Δρmin = −0.37 e Å−3 |
154 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C11 | 0.94307 (16) | 0.30918 (17) | 0.66142 (11) | 0.0207 | |
N12 | 0.99166 (15) | 0.16670 (15) | 0.59934 (9) | 0.0223 | |
C13 | 1.10284 (16) | −0.01507 (17) | 0.66627 (11) | 0.0205 | |
C14 | 1.14595 (16) | −0.00013 (17) | 0.78815 (10) | 0.0204 | |
C15 | 1.04097 (16) | 0.21516 (17) | 0.78494 (11) | 0.0211 | |
O16 | 1.15499 (13) | −0.16202 (13) | 0.62979 (8) | 0.0275 | |
O17 | 0.83954 (13) | 0.47656 (13) | 0.62086 (8) | 0.0280 | |
H141 | 1.2797 | −0.0325 | 0.7987 | 0.0245* | |
H142 | 1.0987 | −0.0916 | 0.8511 | 0.0240* | |
H151 | 1.1221 | 0.2859 | 0.7939 | 0.0258* | |
H152 | 0.9471 | 0.2271 | 0.8474 | 0.0263* | |
H1 | 0.9510 | 0.1824 | 0.5287 | 0.0265* | |
C1 | 0.34402 (16) | 0.96277 (18) | 0.14329 (10) | 0.0201 | |
C2 | 0.28607 (16) | 1.11710 (17) | 0.19551 (11) | 0.0207 | |
C3 | 0.34232 (16) | 1.08204 (17) | 0.31427 (11) | 0.0217 | |
C4 | 0.45586 (16) | 0.89539 (17) | 0.37673 (10) | 0.0210 | |
C5 | 0.51642 (16) | 0.74038 (17) | 0.32214 (10) | 0.0188 | |
C6 | 0.45694 (16) | 0.77380 (17) | 0.20237 (10) | 0.0194 | |
C7 | 0.51289 (19) | 0.60873 (19) | 0.14308 (12) | 0.0269 | |
N8 | 0.63360 (16) | 0.55949 (16) | 0.38422 (10) | 0.0277 | |
Cl9 | 0.14163 (4) | 1.34735 (4) | 0.11329 (3) | 0.0293 | |
F10 | 0.28435 (11) | 0.99849 (12) | 0.02806 (6) | 0.0291 | |
H31 | 0.3012 | 1.1851 | 0.3475 | 0.0277* | |
H41 | 0.4953 | 0.8705 | 0.4581 | 0.0257* | |
H71 | 0.6503 | 0.5518 | 0.1414 | 0.0420* | |
H72 | 0.4641 | 0.5027 | 0.1863 | 0.0416* | |
H73 | 0.4639 | 0.6536 | 0.0618 | 0.0429* | |
H9 | 0.6698 | 0.4664 | 0.3519 | 0.0324* | |
H11 | 0.6736 | 0.5392 | 0.4585 | 0.0317* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C11 | 0.0199 (5) | 0.0202 (5) | 0.0235 (6) | −0.0059 (4) | 0.0007 (4) | −0.0088 (4) |
N12 | 0.0264 (5) | 0.0201 (5) | 0.0187 (5) | −0.0024 (4) | −0.0048 (4) | −0.0072 (4) |
C13 | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0201 (5) | 0.0209 (5) | −0.0039 (4) | −0.0013 (4) | −0.0064 (4) |
C14 | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | 0.0195 (5) | −0.0049 (4) | −0.0029 (4) | −0.0061 (4) |
C15 | 0.0198 (5) | 0.0232 (5) | 0.0221 (6) | −0.0066 (4) | −0.0014 (4) | −0.0090 (4) |
O16 | 0.0325 (5) | 0.0212 (4) | 0.0259 (5) | 0.0005 (4) | −0.0056 (4) | −0.0108 (4) |
O17 | 0.0302 (5) | 0.0206 (4) | 0.0305 (5) | −0.0012 (3) | −0.0058 (4) | −0.0090 (4) |
C1 | 0.0196 (5) | 0.0262 (6) | 0.0156 (5) | −0.0089 (4) | −0.0015 (4) | −0.0051 (4) |
C2 | 0.0180 (5) | 0.0187 (5) | 0.0228 (6) | −0.0049 (4) | −0.0023 (4) | −0.0023 (4) |
C3 | 0.0217 (5) | 0.0206 (5) | 0.0237 (6) | −0.0051 (4) | 0.0005 (4) | −0.0094 (4) |
C4 | 0.0213 (5) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0184 (5) | −0.0043 (4) | −0.0026 (4) | −0.0074 (4) |
C5 | 0.0165 (5) | 0.0190 (5) | 0.0196 (5) | −0.0041 (4) | 0.0003 (4) | −0.0050 (4) |
C6 | 0.0181 (5) | 0.0218 (5) | 0.0205 (5) | −0.0081 (4) | 0.0020 (4) | −0.0077 (4) |
C7 | 0.0290 (6) | 0.0277 (6) | 0.0276 (6) | −0.0077 (5) | 0.0010 (5) | −0.0144 (5) |
N8 | 0.0317 (6) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0241 (5) | 0.0027 (4) | −0.0051 (4) | −0.0071 (4) |
Cl9 | 0.02920 (17) | 0.02088 (16) | 0.03136 (17) | −0.00375 (11) | −0.00674 (12) | −0.00040 (11) |
F10 | 0.0341 (4) | 0.0346 (4) | 0.0175 (3) | −0.0092 (3) | −0.0072 (3) | −0.0055 (3) |
C11—N12 | 1.3890 (14) | C2—C3 | 1.3885 (17) |
C11—C15 | 1.5141 (16) | C2—Cl9 | 1.7335 (12) |
C11—O17 | 1.2075 (14) | C3—C4 | 1.3826 (16) |
N12—C13 | 1.3689 (15) | C3—H31 | 0.913 |
N12—H1 | 0.852 | C4—C5 | 1.4075 (16) |
C13—C14 | 1.5082 (16) | C4—H41 | 0.952 |
C13—O16 | 1.2235 (14) | C5—C6 | 1.4096 (16) |
C14—C15 | 1.5309 (16) | C5—N8 | 1.3629 (14) |
C14—H141 | 0.947 | C6—C7 | 1.5076 (16) |
C14—H142 | 0.970 | C7—H71 | 0.968 |
C15—H151 | 0.943 | C7—H72 | 0.963 |
C15—H152 | 0.968 | C7—H73 | 0.955 |
C1—C2 | 1.3848 (17) | N8—H9 | 0.842 |
C1—C6 | 1.3826 (16) | N8—H11 | 0.882 |
C1—F10 | 1.3569 (13) | ||
N12—C11—C15 | 107.80 (9) | C1—C2—C3 | 118.84 (11) |
N12—C11—O17 | 124.27 (11) | C1—C2—Cl9 | 119.74 (9) |
C15—C11—O17 | 127.93 (11) | C3—C2—Cl9 | 121.41 (9) |
C11—N12—C13 | 113.60 (10) | C2—C3—C4 | 119.37 (11) |
C11—N12—H1 | 125.7 | C2—C3—H31 | 117.6 |
C13—N12—H1 | 120.5 | C4—C3—H31 | 123.1 |
N12—C13—C14 | 108.74 (9) | C3—C4—C5 | 121.32 (11) |
N12—C13—O16 | 123.80 (11) | C3—C4—H41 | 119.8 |
C14—C13—O16 | 127.46 (11) | C5—C4—H41 | 118.9 |
C13—C14—C15 | 104.82 (9) | C4—C5—C6 | 119.65 (11) |
C13—C14—H141 | 109.5 | C4—C5—N8 | 120.21 (11) |
C15—C14—H141 | 111.9 | C6—C5—N8 | 120.13 (10) |
C13—C14—H142 | 109.2 | C5—C6—C1 | 117.02 (10) |
C15—C14—H142 | 111.7 | C5—C6—C7 | 120.92 (11) |
H141—C14—H142 | 109.5 | C1—C6—C7 | 122.05 (11) |
C14—C15—C11 | 104.97 (9) | C6—C7—H71 | 111.7 |
C14—C15—H151 | 114.0 | C6—C7—H72 | 111.2 |
C11—C15—H151 | 109.0 | H71—C7—H72 | 106.7 |
C14—C15—H152 | 112.8 | C6—C7—H73 | 111.5 |
C11—C15—H152 | 109.9 | H71—C7—H73 | 108.1 |
H151—C15—H152 | 106.2 | H72—C7—H73 | 107.4 |
C2—C1—C6 | 123.78 (11) | C5—N8—H9 | 120.4 |
C2—C1—F10 | 118.07 (10) | C5—N8—H11 | 120.3 |
C6—C1—F10 | 118.14 (10) | H9—N8—H11 | 119.3 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N12—H1···O16i | 0.85 | 2.11 | 2.945 (2) | 168 |
N8—H9···O16i | 0.84 | 2.18 | 2.915 (2) | 147 |
N8—H11···O17 | 0.88 | 2.17 | 3.030 (2) | 166 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C7H7ClFN·C4H5NO2 |
Mr | 258.68 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.3853 (2), 7.4390 (2), 11.5571 (4) |
α, β, γ (°) | 73.1036 (13), 85.9336 (12), 71.3703 (14) |
V (Å3) | 575.53 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.34 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.75 × 0.44 × 0.41 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.47, 0.87 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 16689, 2904, 2610 |
Rint | 0.033 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.675 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.032, 0.087, 0.88 |
No. of reflections | 2904 |
No. of parameters | 154 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.38, −0.37 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001), DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994), CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003), CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N12—H1···O16i | 0.85 | 2.11 | 2.945 (2) | 168 |
N8—H9···O16i | 0.84 | 2.18 | 2.915 (2) | 147 |
N8—H11···O17 | 0.88 | 2.17 | 3.030 (2) | 166 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Sarah F. Jenkinson, University of Oxford, for her assistance in the preparation of the manuscript.
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Chlorination of anilines with N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) can provide access to poly-substituted aromatic compounds, useful as high-value synthetic intermediates (Lazar et al., 2004; Marterer et al., 2003; Nickson & Roche-Dolson, 1985; Shapiro et al., 2006; Zanka & Kubota, 1999). In the present example, treatment of 3-fluoro-2-methylaniline with NCS in polar solvents (e.g. N,N-dimethylformamide) resulted in chlorination para to the NH2 as the primary regioisomer in 10-fold excess relative to the undesired ortho isomer.
The sample was supplied in the form of large crystalline aggregates (4 mm across) coated with perfluoropolyether oil as a preservative. A large (0.8x0.8x0.4 mm) section was cut from the mass. The material did not have a strong cleavage - the crystals just fractured erratically. Because of the risk that further cutting might totally destroy the sample, an initial X-ray data set was measured from this large sample. The results confirmed the expected structure, but also showed a co-crystallized molecule of succinimide (Tukada & Mazaki, 1997).
At the end of the initial data collection, the sample was further subdivided into an irregular block approximately 0.41x0.44x0.75 mm. Prescans showed that the further cutting of the crystal had introduced fractures, but the sample was still amenable to analysis. Because of the degraded quality of the crystal, a data set with a target redundancy of 3 (as opposed to the usual 1) was collected. This highly redundant dataset would enable corrections to be made for the poor crystal quality.
Structure solution was slightly complicated because of the unexpected succinimide, but after that refinement and the location of all hydrogen atoms was normal. The two components are shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows the plane-to-plane alternate stacking of the components, with minimum inter-planar spacing of 3.37Å - presumable π - π stacking. The columns of molecules are interconnected by N-H···O hydrogen bonds which form discreet centrosymmetric 4-component clusters (Fig. 3).