organic compounds
2-(1H-Benzimidazol-1-yl)-1-phenylethanone
aZonguldak Karaelmas University, Department of Chemistry, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey, bSouthampton University, Department of Chemistry, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England, and cHacettepe University, Department of Physics, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
*Correspondence e-mail: merzifon@hacettepe.edu.tr
In the molecule of the title compound, C15H12N2O, the planar benzimidazole system is oriented at a dihedral angle of 80.43 (5)° with respect to the phenyl ring. In the non-classical intermolecular C—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into layers parallel to the ab plane.
Related literature
For general backgroud, see: Göker et al. (2002); Özden et al. (2004); Özel Güven et al. (2007a,b); Schar et al. (1976). For related literature, see: Peeters et al. (1997); Freer et al. (1986); Özel Güven et al. (2007).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); cell DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT; data reduction: DENZO and COLLECT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808019107/si2097sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808019107/si2097Isup2.hkl
The title compound, was synthesized by the reaction of 2-bromo-1-phenyl- ethanone (Özel Güven et al., 2007a) with 1H-benzimidazole. A solution of 2-bromo-1-phenylethanone (4.00 g, 20.10 mmol) in dioxane-ether (8 ml) was added to an ice-cold solution of benzimidazole (11.87 g, 100.5 mmol) in methanol (20 ml) over 60 min under argon atmosphere. The reaction mixture was warmed to ambient temperature and stirred for an additional 18 h, diluted with water (20 ml), and then extracted with chloroform. Organic extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated under reduced pressure, and then chromatographed on neutral silica-gel column using chloroform-methanol as
Crystals suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained by the recrystallization of the ketone from a mixture of hexane/ethyl acetate (1:2) (yield; 2.85 g, 60%).In the absence of significant
effects, Friedel pairs were merged. H atoms were located in difference syntheses and refined isotropically [C—H = 0.95 (2)–1.06 (3) Å; Uiso(H) = 0.020 (5)–0.061 (9) Å2].Data collection: COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); cell
DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1998); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).C15H12N2O | F(000) = 248 |
Mr = 236.27 | Dx = 1.346 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 1379 reflections |
a = 5.0475 (2) Å | θ = 2.9–27.5° |
b = 11.2319 (6) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 10.3517 (5) Å | T = 120 K |
β = 96.620 (3)° | Plate, colorless |
V = 582.96 (5) Å3 | 0.45 × 0.22 × 0.03 mm |
Z = 2 |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2639 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2265 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.057 |
Detector resolution: 9.091 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 3.6° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −6→6 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | k = −14→14 |
Tmin = 0.962, Tmax = 0.997 | l = −13→13 |
6918 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)] = 0.047 | All H-atom parameters refined |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0651P)2 + 0.019P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.06 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2639 reflections | Δρmax = 0.23 e Å−3 |
212 parameters | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.091 (14) |
C15H12N2O | V = 582.96 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 236.27 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.0475 (2) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 11.2319 (6) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 10.3517 (5) Å | 0.45 × 0.22 × 0.03 mm |
β = 96.620 (3)° |
Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer | 2639 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) | 2265 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.962, Tmax = 0.997 | Rint = 0.057 |
6918 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.047 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.119 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.23 e Å−3 |
2639 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
212 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) 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 | 0.0968 (3) | 0.55671 (14) | 0.26162 (13) | 0.0288 (4) | |
N1 | 0.3784 (3) | 0.56655 (14) | 0.05460 (15) | 0.0236 (4) | |
N2 | 0.3592 (4) | 0.41520 (16) | −0.08838 (17) | 0.0301 (4) | |
C1 | 0.4848 (4) | 0.46224 (19) | 0.0180 (2) | 0.0265 (4) | |
H1 | 0.651 (6) | 0.432 (3) | 0.074 (3) | 0.048 (7)* | |
C2 | 0.1553 (4) | 0.49603 (17) | −0.12561 (19) | 0.0251 (4) | |
C3 | −0.0424 (4) | 0.49415 (19) | −0.2318 (2) | 0.0288 (5) | |
H3 | −0.051 (5) | 0.422 (2) | −0.291 (2) | 0.034 (6)* | |
C4 | −0.2249 (4) | 0.5857 (2) | −0.2443 (2) | 0.0315 (5) | |
H4 | −0.366 (5) | 0.584 (3) | −0.317 (3) | 0.045 (7)* | |
C5 | −0.2133 (4) | 0.67987 (19) | −0.1537 (2) | 0.0293 (5) | |
H5 | −0.340 (4) | 0.742 (2) | −0.168 (2) | 0.020 (5)* | |
C6 | −0.0171 (4) | 0.68387 (18) | −0.0477 (2) | 0.0258 (4) | |
H6 | −0.013 (5) | 0.753 (3) | 0.011 (3) | 0.048 (7)* | |
C7 | 0.1634 (4) | 0.59090 (17) | −0.03658 (18) | 0.0237 (4) | |
C8 | 0.4659 (4) | 0.63860 (18) | 0.16674 (18) | 0.0241 (4) | |
H81 | 0.481 (4) | 0.720 (2) | 0.143 (2) | 0.025 (5)* | |
H82 | 0.642 (4) | 0.609 (2) | 0.203 (2) | 0.025 (5)* | |
C9 | 0.2788 (4) | 0.62815 (17) | 0.27150 (18) | 0.0222 (4) | |
C10 | 0.3283 (4) | 0.70936 (18) | 0.38542 (18) | 0.0226 (4) | |
C11 | 0.5216 (4) | 0.79730 (19) | 0.39188 (18) | 0.0273 (5) | |
H11 | 0.646 (4) | 0.805 (2) | 0.326 (2) | 0.024 (5)* | |
C12 | 0.5582 (4) | 0.8738 (2) | 0.4985 (2) | 0.0310 (5) | |
H12 | 0.695 (5) | 0.934 (2) | 0.503 (2) | 0.031 (6)* | |
C13 | 0.3975 (4) | 0.8617 (2) | 0.5977 (2) | 0.0351 (5) | |
H13 | 0.420 (5) | 0.920 (3) | 0.678 (3) | 0.047 (7)* | |
C14 | 0.2068 (5) | 0.7743 (2) | 0.5926 (2) | 0.0352 (5) | |
H14 | 0.089 (6) | 0.761 (3) | 0.658 (3) | 0.061 (9)* | |
C15 | 0.1691 (4) | 0.69726 (19) | 0.4872 (2) | 0.0284 (5) | |
H15 | 0.036 (4) | 0.636 (2) | 0.481 (2) | 0.025 (6)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0307 (7) | 0.0341 (8) | 0.0215 (7) | −0.0053 (6) | 0.0026 (5) | 0.0005 (6) |
N1 | 0.0279 (8) | 0.0236 (8) | 0.0200 (8) | −0.0005 (7) | 0.0049 (6) | −0.0003 (6) |
N2 | 0.0377 (9) | 0.0257 (8) | 0.0282 (9) | −0.0016 (8) | 0.0098 (7) | −0.0009 (7) |
C1 | 0.0316 (10) | 0.0239 (9) | 0.0249 (10) | −0.0013 (8) | 0.0071 (8) | 0.0010 (8) |
C2 | 0.0276 (9) | 0.0245 (10) | 0.0245 (10) | −0.0034 (8) | 0.0085 (7) | −0.0015 (8) |
C3 | 0.0341 (10) | 0.0313 (11) | 0.0219 (10) | −0.0098 (9) | 0.0075 (8) | −0.0055 (8) |
C4 | 0.0300 (11) | 0.0417 (12) | 0.0230 (10) | −0.0051 (9) | 0.0034 (8) | 0.0013 (8) |
C5 | 0.0303 (10) | 0.0336 (12) | 0.0244 (10) | 0.0019 (9) | 0.0052 (8) | 0.0009 (8) |
C6 | 0.0297 (10) | 0.0265 (10) | 0.0222 (9) | 0.0016 (8) | 0.0072 (7) | −0.0015 (8) |
C7 | 0.0271 (9) | 0.0276 (10) | 0.0170 (9) | −0.0050 (8) | 0.0045 (7) | 0.0006 (8) |
C8 | 0.0269 (10) | 0.0256 (11) | 0.0200 (9) | −0.0007 (8) | 0.0029 (8) | −0.0002 (8) |
C9 | 0.0210 (9) | 0.0241 (9) | 0.0207 (9) | 0.0012 (8) | −0.0003 (7) | 0.0034 (7) |
C10 | 0.0249 (9) | 0.0246 (9) | 0.0173 (9) | 0.0043 (8) | −0.0022 (7) | 0.0027 (7) |
C11 | 0.0293 (10) | 0.0311 (11) | 0.0218 (10) | −0.0011 (9) | 0.0041 (8) | 0.0027 (8) |
C12 | 0.0378 (11) | 0.0294 (11) | 0.0248 (10) | −0.0045 (10) | −0.0001 (9) | −0.0017 (8) |
C13 | 0.0464 (13) | 0.0341 (12) | 0.0248 (11) | −0.0012 (10) | 0.0043 (9) | −0.0040 (9) |
C14 | 0.0414 (11) | 0.0437 (13) | 0.0222 (10) | −0.0004 (10) | 0.0101 (9) | −0.0020 (9) |
C15 | 0.0297 (10) | 0.0311 (11) | 0.0243 (10) | −0.0029 (9) | 0.0032 (7) | 0.0015 (8) |
O1—C9 | 1.215 (2) | C7—C2 | 1.406 (3) |
N1—C1 | 1.361 (3) | C8—H81 | 0.95 (3) |
N1—C7 | 1.381 (2) | C8—H82 | 0.98 (2) |
N1—C8 | 1.442 (3) | C9—C8 | 1.522 (3) |
N2—C1 | 1.317 (3) | C10—C9 | 1.489 (3) |
N2—C2 | 1.393 (3) | C10—C15 | 1.403 (3) |
C1—H1 | 1.02 (3) | C11—C10 | 1.384 (3) |
C3—C2 | 1.398 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.394 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.377 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.99 (2) |
C3—H3 | 1.01 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.96 (3) |
C4—H4 | 0.98 (3) | C13—C12 | 1.386 (3) |
C5—C4 | 1.410 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.371 (3) |
C5—H5 | 0.95 (2) | C13—H13 | 1.06 (3) |
C6—C5 | 1.391 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.389 (3) |
C6—C7 | 1.382 (3) | C14—H14 | 0.96 (3) |
C6—H6 | 0.99 (3) | C15—H15 | 0.96 (2) |
C1—N1—C7 | 106.55 (16) | N1—C8—H81 | 111.1 (13) |
C1—N1—C8 | 127.82 (17) | N1—C8—H82 | 107.2 (13) |
C7—N1—C8 | 125.63 (16) | C9—C8—H81 | 109.4 (13) |
C1—N2—C2 | 103.83 (17) | C9—C8—H82 | 108.0 (13) |
N1—C1—H1 | 116.9 (16) | H81—C8—H82 | 109.1 (19) |
N2—C1—N1 | 114.25 (18) | O1—C9—C8 | 121.07 (16) |
N2—C1—H1 | 128.8 (16) | O1—C9—C10 | 121.84 (17) |
N2—C2—C3 | 130.22 (18) | C10—C9—C8 | 117.10 (15) |
N2—C2—C7 | 110.35 (17) | C11—C10—C9 | 121.91 (17) |
C3—C2—C7 | 119.43 (18) | C11—C10—C15 | 119.61 (18) |
C2—C3—H3 | 117.7 (14) | C15—C10—C9 | 118.47 (18) |
C4—C3—C2 | 118.14 (19) | C10—C11—C12 | 120.42 (18) |
C4—C3—H3 | 124.0 (14) | C10—C11—H11 | 122.1 (13) |
C3—C4—C5 | 121.5 (2) | C12—C11—H11 | 117.4 (13) |
C3—C4—H4 | 118.4 (17) | C13—C12—C11 | 119.4 (2) |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.1 (17) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.8 (15) |
C6—C5—C4 | 121.3 (2) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.8 (15) |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.4 (13) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.3 (15) |
C4—C5—H5 | 118.3 (13) | C14—C13—C12 | 120.7 (2) |
C5—C6—H6 | 118.1 (15) | C14—C13—H13 | 119.0 (15) |
C7—C6—C5 | 116.34 (19) | C13—C14—C15 | 120.5 (2) |
C7—C6—H6 | 125.5 (15) | C13—C14—H14 | 125 (2) |
N1—C7—C2 | 105.01 (16) | C15—C14—H14 | 115 (2) |
N1—C7—C6 | 131.69 (17) | C10—C15—H15 | 118.6 (13) |
C6—C7—C2 | 123.30 (18) | C14—C15—C10 | 119.4 (2) |
N1—C8—C9 | 111.88 (15) | C14—C15—H15 | 122.0 (13) |
C7—N1—C1—N2 | −0.3 (2) | N1—C7—C2—N2 | 0.66 (19) |
C8—N1—C1—N2 | 178.87 (18) | N1—C7—C2—C3 | −179.80 (17) |
C1—N1—C7—C2 | −0.21 (18) | C6—C7—C2—N2 | −179.13 (17) |
C1—N1—C7—C6 | 179.6 (2) | C6—C7—C2—C3 | 0.4 (3) |
C8—N1—C7—C2 | −179.44 (17) | O1—C9—C8—N1 | 7.0 (2) |
C8—N1—C7—C6 | 0.3 (3) | C10—C9—C8—N1 | −172.76 (16) |
C1—N1—C8—C9 | −105.9 (2) | C11—C10—C9—O1 | −174.63 (18) |
C7—N1—C8—C9 | 73.2 (2) | C11—C10—C9—C8 | 5.1 (3) |
C2—N2—C1—N1 | 0.7 (2) | C15—C10—C9—O1 | 3.9 (3) |
C1—N2—C2—C3 | 179.7 (2) | C15—C10—C9—C8 | −176.38 (17) |
C1—N2—C2—C7 | −0.8 (2) | C9—C10—C15—C14 | −178.14 (19) |
C4—C3—C2—N2 | 178.8 (2) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | 0.4 (3) |
C4—C3—C2—C7 | −0.7 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.6 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.6 (3) | C12—C11—C10—C9 | 178.37 (18) |
C6—C5—C4—C3 | −0.2 (3) | C12—C11—C10—C15 | −0.1 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—N1 | −179.7 (2) | C14—C13—C12—C11 | 1.1 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | 0.0 (3) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.8 (3) |
C7—C6—C5—C4 | −0.1 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | 0.0 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C8—H81···N2i | 0.95 (2) | 2.43 (2) | 3.355 (3) | 165.2 (17) |
C8—H82···O1ii | 0.98 (2) | 2.38 (2) | 3.351 (3) | 170.1 (17) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H12N2O |
Mr | 236.27 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.0475 (2), 11.2319 (6), 10.3517 (5) |
β (°) | 96.620 (3) |
V (Å3) | 582.96 (5) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.45 × 0.22 × 0.03 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker–Nonius Roper CCD camera on κ-goniostat diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.962, 0.997 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 6918, 2639, 2265 |
Rint | 0.057 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.650 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.047, 0.119, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 2639 |
No. of parameters | 212 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.23, −0.22 |
Computer programs: , DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and COLLECT (Hooft, 1998), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C8—H81···N2i | 0.95 (2) | 2.43 (2) | 3.355 (3) | 165.2 (17) |
C8—H82···O1ii | 0.98 (2) | 2.38 (2) | 3.351 (3) | 170.1 (17) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z; (ii) x+1, y, z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge Zonguldak Karaelmas University Research Fund (grant No: 2004–13-02–16).
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Benzimidazoles have been shown to exhibit a large number of biological activities. Some of the substituted benzimidazole derivatives have highly potent antifungal (Göker et al., 2002) and antibacterial (Özden et al., 2004) activities. Recently, it has been reported that benzimidazole ring containing aryl ethers (Özel Güven et al., 2007a,b) similar to miconazole (Peeters et al., 1997) and econazole (Freer et al., 1986) structures have more antibacterial activities than antifungal activities (Schar et al., 1976). The crystal structure of oxime form of the benzimidazole substituted ketone has been reported previously (Özel Güven et al., 2007). We report herein the crystal structure of ketone, which is a starting material for biologically important molecules.
In the molecule of the title compound (Fig. 1) the bond lengths and angles are generally within normal ranges. The planar benzimidazole ring system is oriented with respect to the phenyl ring at a dihedral angle of 80.43 (5)°. Atoms C8 and C9 are -0.010 (2) Å and 0.044 (2) Å away from the ring planes of benzimidazole and phenyl, respectively. So, they are coplanar with the adjacent rings. The N1—C8—C9 [111.88 (15)°] and C8—C9—C10 [117.10 (15)°] bond angles are highly different from each other, while O1—C9—C8 [121.07 (16)°] and O1—C9—C10 [121.84 (17)°] bond angles are nearly equal. The N1—C1—N2 [114.25 (18)°], N2—C2—C7 [110.35 (17)°] and C2—C7—C6 [123.30 (18)°] bond angles are enlarged, while C5—C6—C7 [116.34 (19)°] bond angle is narrowed, probably due to the intermolecular C—H···N and C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1).
In the crystal structure, non-classical intermolecular C—H···N and C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules into layers parallel to the a,b plane (Fig. 2), in which they seem to be effective in the stabilization of the crystal structure.