organic compounds
3-(2-Acetylanilino)propanoic acid
aDepartment of Chemistry, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1804, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: ffroncz@lsu.edu
The title molecule, C11H13NO3, has its propanoic acid group in an extended conformation, such that the molecule is nearly planar, with a mean deviation of 0.036 Å [the maxima being 0.106 (1) and 0.110 (1) Å for the two methylene C atoms]. The NH group forms an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the acetyl group; in the crystal COOH group forms a centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded dimer.
Related literature
For general background, see: Crosby et al. (1961, 1962); Foley et al. (2003); Walker Jr et al. (2004); Yoshihara et al. (2001). For related structures, see: Slater et al. (2006). For hydrogen-bonding patterns, see: Etter (1990).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808035277/pv2116sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808035277/pv2116Isup2.hkl
A round bottom flask containing acrylic acid (1.051 g, 14.58 mmol) was stoppered and placed into the refrigerator overnight. In a similar round bottom flask, 2'-aminoacetophenoneHCl (1.0056 g, 0.79199 g of liberated 2-aminoacetophenone 5.861 mmol) was dissolved in 10 ml of deionized water and chilled overnight. The round bottom flask containing the cold acrylic acid was then placed into to an ice bath to maintain a temperature of approximately 273 K. The ice bath was used because the reaction of acrylic acid and 2'-aminoacetophenone was thought to be exothermic. The cold 2'-aminoacetophenone solution was slowly added with stirring to the cold acrylic acid. The mixture was allowed to sit in the ice bath for 30 minutes and then gradually warmed to room temperature, then kept at room temperature with continuous stirring overnight. A yellow precipitate was isolated by gravimetric filtration and washed with deionized water. The yellow solid material resulted in a yield of 0.8963 g (79.991%).
H atoms on C were placed in idealized positions with C—H distances 0.95 - 0.99 Å and thereafter treated as riding. Coordinates for the H atoms on N and O were refined. Uiso for H was assigned as 1.2 times Ueq of the attached atoms (1.5 for methyl and OH). A torsional parameter was refined for the methyl group.
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell
SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. A view of the title compound; ellipsoids have been plotted at the 50% level and H atoms have been assigned arbitrary radii. |
C11H13NO3 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 207.22 | F(000) = 220 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.406 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 5.1935 (10) Å | Cell parameters from 2652 reflections |
b = 9.8342 (16) Å | θ = 2.5–30.8° |
c = 9.920 (2) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
α = 77.084 (12)° | T = 90 K |
β = 85.174 (11)° | Fragment, colorless |
γ = 83.019 (12)° | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm |
V = 489.32 (16) Å3 |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler | 2467 reflections with I > 2s(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.021 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 30.8°, θmin = 2.6° |
ω scans with κ offsets | h = −7→7 |
11014 measured reflections | k = −13→13 |
3012 independent reflections | l = −14→14 |
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)] = 0.041 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0573P)2 + 0.1339P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3012 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
143 parameters | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
C11H13NO3 | γ = 83.019 (12)° |
Mr = 207.22 | V = 489.32 (16) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 5.1935 (10) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.8342 (16) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 9.920 (2) Å | T = 90 K |
α = 77.084 (12)° | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm |
β = 85.174 (11)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler | 2467 reflections with I > 2s(I) |
11014 measured reflections | Rint = 0.021 |
3012 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
3012 reflections | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
143 parameters |
Experimental. 1H (CDCl3): δ(p.p.m.) 9.02 (s, 1H), 7.78 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.38 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.74 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 6.62 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 3.58 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 2.73 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), and 2.60 (s, 3H). 13C (CDCl3): δ (p.p.m.) 201.1, 176.7, 150.5, 135.2, 132.9, 117.9, 114.5, 111.3, 37.9, 33.8, and 27.9. IR (thin film, KBr plates, cm-1): 3297 (m), 2925 (w, br), 2881 (sh, w), 2635 (w), 2373 (w), 1698 (s), 1634 (s), 1569 (m), 1517 (m), 1430 (m), 1366 (sh), 1326(m), 1240 (s), 1156 (w), 1092(w), 1031(w), 943 (m), 825(w), 742 (m), 675(w), and 624 (w). Crystals were grown by evaporation from CDCl3. |
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 | 0.96261 (15) | 0.13504 (8) | 0.35274 (7) | 0.01656 (17) | |
O2 | 0.30686 (15) | −0.07587 (8) | 0.93327 (7) | 0.01593 (17) | |
H2O | 0.183 (3) | −0.0849 (15) | 1.0039 (16) | 0.024* | |
O3 | 0.04143 (14) | 0.11745 (8) | 0.85415 (7) | 0.01599 (17) | |
N1 | 0.53905 (17) | 0.21868 (9) | 0.49711 (8) | 0.01437 (18) | |
H1N | 0.673 (3) | 0.1541 (14) | 0.4924 (13) | 0.017* | |
C1 | 0.70722 (18) | 0.35189 (10) | 0.27655 (10) | 0.01194 (19) | |
C2 | 0.51897 (19) | 0.33391 (10) | 0.39115 (10) | 0.01242 (19) | |
C3 | 0.3083 (2) | 0.43948 (11) | 0.39170 (10) | 0.0161 (2) | |
H3 | 0.1787 | 0.4282 | 0.4657 | 0.019* | |
C4 | 0.2866 (2) | 0.55873 (11) | 0.28701 (11) | 0.0168 (2) | |
H4 | 0.1438 | 0.6283 | 0.2906 | 0.020* | |
C5 | 0.4725 (2) | 0.57819 (11) | 0.17590 (11) | 0.0165 (2) | |
H5 | 0.4581 | 0.6605 | 0.1043 | 0.020* | |
C6 | 0.6778 (2) | 0.47510 (10) | 0.17238 (10) | 0.0145 (2) | |
H6 | 0.8038 | 0.4879 | 0.0967 | 0.017* | |
C7 | 0.92650 (19) | 0.24478 (10) | 0.26361 (10) | 0.01281 (19) | |
C8 | 1.1133 (2) | 0.26868 (11) | 0.13707 (10) | 0.0157 (2) | |
H8A | 1.2116 | 0.3472 | 0.1386 | 0.024* | |
H8B | 1.0155 | 0.2905 | 0.0532 | 0.024* | |
H8C | 1.2337 | 0.1838 | 0.1374 | 0.024* | |
C9 | 0.34277 (19) | 0.19459 (11) | 0.61054 (10) | 0.0142 (2) | |
H9A | 0.1798 | 0.1767 | 0.5757 | 0.017* | |
H9B | 0.3060 | 0.2789 | 0.6508 | 0.017* | |
C10 | 0.43852 (19) | 0.06928 (10) | 0.72115 (10) | 0.01378 (19) | |
H10A | 0.4756 | −0.0145 | 0.6801 | 0.017* | |
H10B | 0.6025 | 0.0875 | 0.7548 | 0.017* | |
C11 | 0.24229 (19) | 0.04048 (10) | 0.84099 (10) | 0.01244 (19) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0166 (4) | 0.0146 (3) | 0.0149 (3) | 0.0019 (3) | 0.0026 (3) | 0.0012 (3) |
O2 | 0.0148 (4) | 0.0162 (4) | 0.0127 (3) | 0.0014 (3) | 0.0038 (3) | 0.0020 (3) |
O3 | 0.0152 (4) | 0.0162 (4) | 0.0132 (3) | 0.0019 (3) | 0.0041 (3) | 0.0003 (3) |
N1 | 0.0136 (4) | 0.0144 (4) | 0.0111 (4) | 0.0025 (3) | 0.0048 (3) | 0.0014 (3) |
C1 | 0.0110 (4) | 0.0123 (4) | 0.0114 (4) | −0.0009 (3) | 0.0016 (3) | −0.0012 (3) |
C2 | 0.0127 (4) | 0.0134 (4) | 0.0104 (4) | −0.0015 (3) | 0.0016 (3) | −0.0018 (3) |
C3 | 0.0145 (5) | 0.0179 (5) | 0.0141 (4) | 0.0014 (4) | 0.0030 (3) | −0.0027 (4) |
C4 | 0.0160 (5) | 0.0150 (5) | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0030 (4) | 0.0004 (4) | −0.0030 (4) |
C5 | 0.0174 (5) | 0.0135 (4) | 0.0162 (5) | 0.0002 (4) | 0.0000 (4) | 0.0005 (3) |
C6 | 0.0152 (4) | 0.0145 (4) | 0.0125 (4) | −0.0021 (4) | 0.0021 (3) | −0.0006 (3) |
C7 | 0.0115 (4) | 0.0146 (4) | 0.0118 (4) | −0.0016 (3) | 0.0015 (3) | −0.0024 (3) |
C8 | 0.0146 (4) | 0.0162 (5) | 0.0136 (4) | 0.0001 (4) | 0.0045 (3) | −0.0005 (3) |
C9 | 0.0126 (4) | 0.0169 (5) | 0.0109 (4) | −0.0001 (3) | 0.0033 (3) | −0.0008 (3) |
C10 | 0.0126 (4) | 0.0155 (4) | 0.0113 (4) | −0.0007 (3) | 0.0028 (3) | −0.0005 (3) |
C11 | 0.0132 (4) | 0.0130 (4) | 0.0107 (4) | −0.0022 (3) | 0.0015 (3) | −0.0020 (3) |
O1—C7 | 1.2384 (12) | C4—H4 | 0.9500 |
O2—C11 | 1.3228 (12) | C5—C6 | 1.3829 (14) |
O2—H2O | 0.909 (16) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
O3—C11 | 1.2278 (12) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
N1—C2 | 1.3628 (12) | C7—C8 | 1.5135 (13) |
N1—C9 | 1.4519 (12) | C8—H8A | 0.9800 |
N1—H1N | 0.887 (14) | C8—H8B | 0.9800 |
C1—C6 | 1.4075 (13) | C8—H8C | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.4299 (13) | C9—C10 | 1.5193 (14) |
C1—C7 | 1.4722 (14) | C9—H9A | 0.9900 |
C2—C3 | 1.4145 (14) | C9—H9B | 0.9900 |
C3—C4 | 1.3819 (14) | C10—C11 | 1.4993 (13) |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C10—H10A | 0.9900 |
C4—C5 | 1.3983 (15) | C10—H10B | 0.9900 |
C11—O2—H2O | 108.7 (9) | O1—C7—C8 | 118.76 (9) |
C2—N1—C9 | 122.44 (8) | C1—C7—C8 | 119.13 (8) |
C2—N1—H1N | 117.8 (9) | C7—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
C9—N1—H1N | 119.7 (9) | C7—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—C2 | 118.53 (9) | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—C7 | 119.47 (9) | C7—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C7 | 122.00 (8) | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
N1—C2—C3 | 120.39 (9) | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
N1—C2—C1 | 121.56 (9) | N1—C9—C10 | 109.68 (8) |
C3—C2—C1 | 118.05 (9) | N1—C9—H9A | 109.7 |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.48 (9) | C10—C9—H9A | 109.7 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.3 | N1—C9—H9B | 109.7 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C10—C9—H9B | 109.7 |
C3—C4—C5 | 120.76 (9) | H9A—C9—H9B | 108.2 |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.6 | C11—C10—C9 | 111.66 (8) |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.6 | C11—C10—H10A | 109.3 |
C6—C5—C4 | 118.62 (9) | C9—C10—H10A | 109.3 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.7 | C11—C10—H10B | 109.3 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.7 | C9—C10—H10B | 109.3 |
C5—C6—C1 | 122.54 (9) | H10A—C10—H10B | 107.9 |
C5—C6—H6 | 118.7 | O3—C11—O2 | 122.63 (9) |
C1—C6—H6 | 118.7 | O3—C11—C10 | 123.78 (9) |
O1—C7—C1 | 122.11 (9) | O2—C11—C10 | 113.59 (8) |
C9—N1—C2—C3 | 3.20 (15) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.84 (15) |
C9—N1—C2—C1 | −176.52 (9) | C7—C1—C6—C5 | 178.13 (10) |
C6—C1—C2—N1 | −178.48 (9) | C6—C1—C7—O1 | 179.42 (9) |
C7—C1—C2—N1 | 2.57 (15) | C2—C1—C7—O1 | −1.64 (15) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.80 (14) | C6—C1—C7—C8 | −0.98 (14) |
C7—C1—C2—C3 | −177.15 (9) | C2—C1—C7—C8 | 177.96 (9) |
N1—C2—C3—C4 | 178.57 (10) | C2—N1—C9—C10 | −172.10 (9) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.71 (15) | N1—C9—C10—C11 | 179.81 (8) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.58 (16) | C9—C10—C11—O3 | −6.99 (14) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.45 (16) | C9—C10—C11—O2 | 173.73 (8) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.30 (16) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2O···O3i | 0.909 (16) | 1.747 (16) | 2.6531 (11) | 174.7 (14) |
N1—H1N···O1 | 0.887 (14) | 1.980 (14) | 2.6690 (12) | 133.4 (11) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C11H13NO3 |
Mr | 207.22 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 90 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.1935 (10), 9.8342 (16), 9.920 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 77.084 (12), 85.174 (11), 83.019 (12) |
V (Å3) | 489.32 (16) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2s(I)] reflections | 11014, 3012, 2467 |
Rint | 0.021 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.720 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.113, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3012 |
No. of parameters | 143 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.39, −0.29 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2O···O3i | 0.909 (16) | 1.747 (16) | 2.6531 (11) | 174.7 (14) |
N1—H1N···O1 | 0.887 (14) | 1.980 (14) | 2.6690 (12) | 133.4 (11) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
This research was made possible by a grant supplied by the National Science Foundation's Early CAREER program (Cooperative Agreement DMR-0449886) at Southern University, and by a grant supplied by the US Deptartment of Education Title III Part B HBGI program (grant No. P031B040030) at Southern University. The purchase of the NMR was made possible by the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrument Program (Cooperative Agreement CHE-0321591) at Southern University. The purchase of the FTIR was made possible by grant No. LEQSF(2005–2007)-ENH-TR-65, and the purchase of the diffractometer was made possible by grant No. LEQSF (1999–2000)-ENH-TR-13, administered by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
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Since the discovery that energy transfer from the triplet state of an organic ligand can efficiently sensitize the emissive states of metal ions (Crosby et al., 1961; 1962) there has been considerable effort devoted to designing ligands that optimize this energy transfer and thus give efficient metal luminescence (Foley et al., 2003). The radiationless energy transfer photoluminescence and/or electro-luminescence properties of aromatic carbonyl compounds are strongly affected by the presence of a substituent on the aromatic ring. In general, the π, π* state is stabilized by introducing an electron-donating substituent on the aromatic ring, while the location of the n, π* state is only slightly modified by the electron-donating substituent. Thus, the fluorescence properties of the compounds with close-lying 1(n, π*) and 1(π, π*) states are expected to depend markedly on the nature of the solvent, such as its polarity and hydrogen-bonding ability. In 2'-aminoacetophenone, the 1(n, π*) and 1(π, π*) states are closely located in the lowest excited singlet state because of the presence of a strong electron-donating substituent. Owing to the proximity of two electronic levels, the photophysical properties of 2'-aminoacetophenone is very sensitive to environment, such as solvent polarity and temperature (Yoshihara et al., 2001). Therefore, the addition of a strong electron-donating substituent such as acrylic acid, which has the ability to form a solventless gel via hydrogen bonding, has been synthesized. The structure of the title compound, also known as 3-[(N-acetyl-phenyl)-azanediyl]-propionic acid, is herein described. Its synthesis takes advantage of the self-initiating condensation of 2'-aminoacetophenone with the vinyl group of the ab unsaturated acrylic acid via anti-Markovnikov addition, which is similar to chemistry involved in the synthesis of the novel 3,3',3"-nitrilotripropionic acid precursor gel that we have developed (Walker, et al., 2004).
The structure of the molecule is shown in Figure 1. The acetyl group is nearly coplanar with the phenyl group, the C2—C1—C7—O2 torsion angle being -1.64 (15)°. The NH(CH2)2COOH substituent is extended, with torsion angles C1—C2—N1—C9 - 176.52 (9), C2—N1—C9—C10 - 172.10 (9), N1—C9—C10—C11 179.81 (8), and C9—C10—C11—O2 173.73 (8)°. Thus, the molecule does not differ greatly from planarity, with mean and maximum deviations given in the abstract. The geometry of the intramolecular hydrogen bond, graph set S(6), (Etter, 1990) is given in Table 1, and is quite similar to that found in N-(2-acetylphenyl)acetamide (Slater et al., 2006). The COOH group forms a typical hydrogen bonded dimer of graph set R22(8) about an inversion center, thus there are no extended networks of traditional hydrogen bonds.