organic compounds
4-Bromo-N-phenylbenzamidoxime
aDépartement de Chimie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
*Correspondence e-mail: j.gomes.ferreira@umontreal.ca
The title compound, C13H11BrN2O, a hydroxyamidine derivative (an amidoxime), was obtained by addition of the corresponding imidoyl chloride to hydroxylamine. The benzene and phenyl rings are twisted from the mean plane of the hydroxyamidine group by 34.4 (1) and 59.2 (1)°, respectively. In the intermolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link pairs of molecules, forming centrosymmetric dimers.
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For the synthesis, properties and applications of N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes see: Krajete et al. (2004), Srivastava et al. (1997); Dondoni et al. (1975, 1977); Dürüst et al. (2000, 2008); Exner et al. (1974); Briggs et al. (1976); Deb et al. (1991). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: UdMX (Maris, 2004).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809040057/lh2914sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809040057/lh2914Isup2.hkl
The title compound was synthesized according to the procedure of Krajete et al. (2004). 4-Bromo-N-phenylbenzamide (1.5 g, 5.43 mmol) and an excess of thionyl chloride (15 ml) were refluxed for 2 h under nitrogen atmosphere, yielding the corresponding imidoyl chloirde as a pale yellow solid. This compound was dissolved in dry dichlorometane and added drop-wise to a mixture of hydroxylamine hydrochloride (0.4 g, 5.97 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol and triethylamine (3.8 ml, 27.1 mmol) in dry dichloromethane at 195K. The reaction mixture was brought to room temperature and then was heated at reflux for 16 h. The resulting yellow solution was washed with distillated water and the organic materials were subsequently extracted with diethyl ether, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and filtered. X-ray quality crystals were obtained from a solution of the title compound in aqueous EtOH by slow evaporation at room temperature.
1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz, δ, p.p.m.): 10.66 (s, 1H), 8.34 (s, 1H), 7.52(d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.30, (d, J= 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.08 (t, J = 7.8, 7.8 Hz, 2H), 6.80 (t, J =7.3, 7.3 Hz, 1H), 6.65 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H).
The H atoms were generated geometrically (C—H 0.95, N—H 0.88, O—H 0.84 Å) and were included in the
in the riding model approximation; their temperature factors were set to 1.5 and 1.2 times for oxygen atom and for those of the equivalent isotropic temperature factors of the parent site, respectively.Although extensively studied for their biological activity (antituberculars, hypotensives), their pharmacological properties (bactericidal, fungicidal, local anaesthetics) (Srivastava, 1997) and also as precursors in the synthesis of cyclic compounds (Dürüst, 2000 and 2008), N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes have been less investigated concerning their role in coordination and supramolecular chemistry. They act as bidentate ligands to form 5-membered chelate rings with metal ions, forming stable metal complexes. The good electronic delocalization presented by their structures, and the interesting design possibilities, suggest that N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes and their complexes could be successfully incorporated into supramolecular assemblies based on coordination chemistry and hydrogen bonding. Herein we report the synthesis and
of a new amidoxime derivative.The molecular structure of the title compound is shown in Fig. 1. The amidoxime group is present in its neutral form, N—C=N—OH and the bond lengths and angles are within normal ranges (Allen, 1987). The mean planes of the benzene and phenyl rings are tilted with respect to each other by 64.63 (9) ° and, the amidoxime group forms dihedral angles with the benzene and the phenyl rings of 34.4 (1) and 59.2 (1)°, respectively. This value is less than that reported for the bulky substituted N-aryl compound (Krajete, 2004) due to the lesser influence of steric crowding in the title compound.
As illustrated in Fig. 2, the hydrogen bond is of crucial importance to the self-assembly. Molecules are paired by two hydrogen bonds involving the N-hydroxyl group rather than the amidoxime moieties. In the
the N-hydroxyl groups participate in hydrogen bonding of the O—H···N type in which two molecules are joined via O—H···N hydrogen bonds to form a dimer across an inversion center (Table 1).For the synthesis, properties and applications of N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes see: Krajete et al. (2004), Srivastava et al. (1997); Dondoni et al. (1975, 1977); Dürüst et al. (2000, 2008); Exner et al. (1974); Briggs et al. (1976); Deb et al. (1991). For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: UdMX (Maris, 2004).C13H11BrN2O | F(000) = 584 |
Mr = 291.15 | Dx = 1.606 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54178 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 11676 reflections |
a = 6.1752 (1) Å | θ = 2.9–71.9° |
b = 15.2628 (3) Å | µ = 4.53 mm−1 |
c = 13.1312 (2) Å | T = 200 K |
β = 103.415 (1)° | Block, yellow |
V = 1203.86 (4) Å3 | 0.18 × 0.15 × 0.09 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII diffractometer | 2356 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Rotating Anode | 2273 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Montel 200 optics monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
Detector resolution: 5.5 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 72.5°, θmin = 4.5° |
ω scans | h = −7→7 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | k = −18→18 |
Tmin = 0.532, Tmax = 0.665 | l = −15→16 |
15615 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)] = 0.037 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0601P)2 + 0.3484P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.11 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
2356 reflections | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
155 parameters | Δρmin = −0.68 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: 0.0212 (8) |
C13H11BrN2O | V = 1203.86 (4) Å3 |
Mr = 291.15 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 6.1752 (1) Å | µ = 4.53 mm−1 |
b = 15.2628 (3) Å | T = 200 K |
c = 13.1312 (2) Å | 0.18 × 0.15 × 0.09 mm |
β = 103.415 (1)° |
Bruker APEXII diffractometer | 2356 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 2273 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.532, Tmax = 0.665 | Rint = 0.033 |
15615 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.11 | Δρmax = 0.39 e Å−3 |
2356 reflections | Δρmin = −0.68 e Å−3 |
155 parameters |
Experimental. X-ray crystallographic data for (I) were collected from a single-crystal sample, which was mounted on a loop fiber. Data were collected using a Bruker Platform diffractometer, equipped with a Bruker SMART 4 K Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) Area Detector using the program APEX2 and a Nonius FR591 rotating anode equiped with a Montel 200 optics The crystal-to-detector distance was 5.0 cm, and the data collection was carried out in 512 x 512 pixel mode. The initial unit-cell parameters were determined by a least-squares fit of the angular setting of strong reflections, collected by a 10.0 degree scan in 33 frames over four different parts of the reciprocal space (133 frames total). One complete sphere of data was collected, to better than 0.80Å resolution. |
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 | ||
Br | 1.22913 (4) | 0.643427 (14) | 0.618702 (18) | 0.04819 (16) | |
O1 | 0.4208 (2) | 0.40817 (9) | 0.94989 (11) | 0.0393 (3) | |
H1 | 0.3752 | 0.4375 | 0.9949 | 0.059* | |
N1 | 0.5789 (3) | 0.45874 (10) | 0.91086 (12) | 0.0340 (3) | |
N2 | 0.4624 (3) | 0.36287 (11) | 0.77216 (14) | 0.0410 (4) | |
H2 | 0.3431 | 0.3517 | 0.7958 | 0.049* | |
C1 | 0.5957 (3) | 0.42884 (11) | 0.82101 (14) | 0.0313 (4) | |
C2 | 0.7549 (3) | 0.47517 (11) | 0.77017 (13) | 0.0299 (4) | |
C3 | 0.9510 (3) | 0.50983 (12) | 0.83173 (14) | 0.0346 (4) | |
H3 | 0.9873 | 0.4994 | 0.9051 | 0.041* | |
C4 | 1.0932 (3) | 0.55912 (13) | 0.78747 (15) | 0.0368 (4) | |
H4 | 1.2261 | 0.5828 | 0.8299 | 0.044* | |
C5 | 1.0391 (3) | 0.57343 (12) | 0.68075 (15) | 0.0353 (4) | |
C6 | 0.8484 (4) | 0.53857 (14) | 0.61731 (15) | 0.0408 (4) | |
H6 | 0.8153 | 0.5479 | 0.5438 | 0.049* | |
C7 | 0.7060 (3) | 0.48970 (13) | 0.66248 (15) | 0.0381 (4) | |
H7 | 0.5738 | 0.4659 | 0.6196 | 0.046* | |
C8 | 0.4934 (3) | 0.31015 (12) | 0.68770 (14) | 0.0337 (4) | |
C9 | 0.3113 (3) | 0.29434 (13) | 0.60544 (16) | 0.0386 (4) | |
H9 | 0.1703 | 0.3189 | 0.6062 | 0.046* | |
C10 | 0.3362 (4) | 0.24228 (13) | 0.52181 (16) | 0.0417 (4) | |
H10 | 0.2117 | 0.2309 | 0.4656 | 0.050* | |
C11 | 0.5407 (4) | 0.20724 (13) | 0.52029 (16) | 0.0414 (4) | |
H11 | 0.5577 | 0.1726 | 0.4626 | 0.050* | |
C12 | 0.7220 (3) | 0.22247 (14) | 0.60292 (17) | 0.0418 (5) | |
H12 | 0.8629 | 0.1980 | 0.6017 | 0.050* | |
C13 | 0.6989 (3) | 0.27319 (13) | 0.68740 (15) | 0.0384 (4) | |
H13 | 0.8226 | 0.2826 | 0.7446 | 0.046* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br | 0.0483 (2) | 0.0459 (2) | 0.0568 (2) | −0.00414 (8) | 0.02515 (13) | 0.00910 (8) |
O1 | 0.0486 (8) | 0.0365 (7) | 0.0400 (7) | −0.0037 (6) | 0.0248 (6) | −0.0008 (5) |
N1 | 0.0401 (8) | 0.0326 (8) | 0.0336 (7) | 0.0003 (6) | 0.0173 (6) | 0.0020 (6) |
N2 | 0.0419 (9) | 0.0438 (9) | 0.0439 (10) | −0.0102 (7) | 0.0235 (8) | −0.0114 (7) |
C1 | 0.0353 (8) | 0.0289 (8) | 0.0315 (8) | 0.0025 (7) | 0.0113 (7) | −0.0001 (6) |
C2 | 0.0346 (8) | 0.0272 (8) | 0.0300 (8) | 0.0029 (6) | 0.0118 (7) | 0.0004 (6) |
C3 | 0.0399 (9) | 0.0362 (9) | 0.0280 (8) | 0.0020 (7) | 0.0088 (7) | 0.0005 (7) |
C4 | 0.0353 (9) | 0.0370 (9) | 0.0380 (9) | −0.0008 (7) | 0.0086 (7) | −0.0007 (7) |
C5 | 0.0383 (9) | 0.0304 (8) | 0.0409 (10) | 0.0017 (7) | 0.0170 (7) | 0.0038 (7) |
C6 | 0.0492 (11) | 0.0437 (10) | 0.0298 (9) | −0.0029 (9) | 0.0101 (8) | 0.0063 (8) |
C7 | 0.0422 (10) | 0.0403 (10) | 0.0306 (9) | −0.0052 (8) | 0.0061 (7) | 0.0018 (7) |
C8 | 0.0394 (9) | 0.0307 (8) | 0.0344 (9) | −0.0060 (7) | 0.0156 (7) | −0.0028 (7) |
C9 | 0.0377 (9) | 0.0352 (9) | 0.0439 (10) | −0.0029 (7) | 0.0113 (8) | −0.0017 (8) |
C10 | 0.0479 (11) | 0.0383 (10) | 0.0373 (10) | −0.0075 (8) | 0.0065 (8) | −0.0035 (8) |
C11 | 0.0565 (12) | 0.0332 (9) | 0.0389 (10) | −0.0079 (8) | 0.0199 (9) | −0.0072 (7) |
C12 | 0.0410 (10) | 0.0356 (10) | 0.0534 (11) | −0.0016 (7) | 0.0203 (9) | −0.0058 (8) |
C13 | 0.0374 (9) | 0.0372 (9) | 0.0409 (10) | −0.0031 (7) | 0.0099 (8) | −0.0046 (8) |
Br—C5 | 1.9040 (18) | C6—C7 | 1.387 (3) |
O1—N1 | 1.430 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
O1—H1 | 0.8400 | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
N1—C1 | 1.292 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.388 (3) |
N2—C1 | 1.363 (2) | C8—C13 | 1.390 (3) |
N2—C8 | 1.419 (2) | C9—C10 | 1.393 (3) |
N2—H2 | 0.8800 | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.489 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.376 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.394 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C2—C3 | 1.394 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.386 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.383 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C12—C13 | 1.387 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.381 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C5—C6 | 1.382 (3) | ||
N1—O1—H1 | 109.5 | C7—C6—H6 | 120.5 |
C1—N1—O1 | 110.06 (15) | C6—C7—C2 | 120.66 (17) |
C1—N2—C8 | 127.65 (17) | C6—C7—H7 | 119.7 |
C1—N2—H2 | 116.2 | C2—C7—H7 | 119.7 |
C8—N2—H2 | 116.2 | C9—C8—C13 | 120.19 (17) |
N1—C1—N2 | 121.56 (17) | C9—C8—N2 | 118.38 (18) |
N1—C1—C2 | 116.31 (16) | C13—C8—N2 | 121.42 (17) |
N2—C1—C2 | 121.95 (16) | C8—C9—C10 | 119.66 (19) |
C7—C2—C3 | 118.85 (16) | C8—C9—H9 | 120.2 |
C7—C2—C1 | 121.35 (16) | C10—C9—H9 | 120.2 |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.67 (15) | C11—C10—C9 | 120.21 (19) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.89 (17) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.9 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.6 | C9—C10—H10 | 119.9 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.6 | C10—C11—C12 | 120.06 (18) |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.02 (17) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.5 | C12—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.5 | C11—C12—C13 | 120.36 (19) |
C4—C5—C6 | 121.51 (17) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
C4—C5—Br | 119.69 (15) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.8 |
C6—C5—Br | 118.80 (14) | C12—C13—C8 | 119.50 (18) |
C5—C6—C7 | 119.05 (17) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.3 |
C5—C6—H6 | 120.5 | C8—C13—H13 | 120.3 |
O1—N1—C1—N2 | 4.8 (2) | Br—C5—C6—C7 | −178.10 (16) |
O1—N1—C1—C2 | 179.94 (14) | C5—C6—C7—C2 | −0.5 (3) |
C8—N2—C1—N1 | −164.13 (19) | C3—C2—C7—C6 | −0.7 (3) |
C8—N2—C1—C2 | 21.0 (3) | C1—C2—C7—C6 | 175.18 (18) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | −141.09 (18) | C1—N2—C8—C9 | −135.4 (2) |
N2—C1—C2—C7 | 34.0 (3) | C1—N2—C8—C13 | 46.0 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 34.7 (2) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −0.9 (3) |
N2—C1—C2—C3 | −150.13 (18) | N2—C8—C9—C10 | −179.53 (17) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | 1.1 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −0.5 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −174.82 (16) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.1 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.3 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.2 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −1.0 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −1.3 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—Br | 178.52 (14) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 1.8 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 1.4 (3) | N2—C8—C13—C12 | −179.64 (18) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1i | 0.84 | 1.99 | 2.733 (2) | 147 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H11BrN2O |
Mr | 291.15 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 200 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.1752 (1), 15.2628 (3), 13.1312 (2) |
β (°) | 103.415 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1203.86 (4) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 4.53 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.18 × 0.15 × 0.09 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.532, 0.665 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 15615, 2356, 2273 |
Rint | 0.033 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.619 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.037, 0.090, 1.11 |
No. of reflections | 2356 |
No. of parameters | 155 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.39, −0.68 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), UdMX (Maris, 2004).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1i | 0.84 | 1.99 | 2.733 (2) | 147.0 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the University of Montreal for financial assistance and to the Canadian Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Program (PDRF).
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Although extensively studied for their biological activity (antituberculars, hypotensives), their pharmacological properties (bactericidal, fungicidal, local anaesthetics) (Srivastava, 1997) and also as precursors in the synthesis of cyclic compounds (Dürüst, 2000 and 2008), N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes have been less investigated concerning their role in coordination and supramolecular chemistry. They act as bidentate ligands to form 5-membered chelate rings with metal ions, forming stable metal complexes. The good electronic delocalization presented by their structures, and the interesting design possibilities, suggest that N-substituted hydroxyamidines/amidoximes and their complexes could be successfully incorporated into supramolecular assemblies based on coordination chemistry and hydrogen bonding. Herein we report the synthesis and crystal structure of a new amidoxime derivative.
The molecular structure of the title compound is shown in Fig. 1. The amidoxime group is present in its neutral form, N—C=N—OH and the bond lengths and angles are within normal ranges (Allen, 1987). The mean planes of the benzene and phenyl rings are tilted with respect to each other by 64.63 (9) ° and, the amidoxime group forms dihedral angles with the benzene and the phenyl rings of 34.4 (1) and 59.2 (1)°, respectively. This value is less than that reported for the bulky substituted N-aryl compound (Krajete, 2004) due to the lesser influence of steric crowding in the title compound.
As illustrated in Fig. 2, the hydrogen bond is of crucial importance to the self-assembly. Molecules are paired by two hydrogen bonds involving the N-hydroxyl group rather than the amidoxime moieties. In the crystal structure, the N-hydroxyl groups participate in hydrogen bonding of the O—H···N type in which two molecules are joined via O—H···N hydrogen bonds to form a dimer across an inversion center (Table 1).