organic compounds
2-Amino-5-chloropyridinium 4-hydroxybenzoate
aX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
In the title salt, C5H6ClN2+·C7H5O3−, the carboxylate mean plane of the 4-hydroxybenzoate anion is twisted by 7.16 (9)° from the attached ring. In the the cations and anions are linked via O—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, as well as C—H⋯O contacts, forming a three-dimensional network. In addition, weak π–π interactions involving the benzene and pyridinium rings, with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.8941 (9) Å, are observed.
Related literature
For background to the chemistry of substituted pyridines, see: Pozharski et al. (1997); Katritzky et al. (1996). For related structures, see: Pourayoubi et al. (2007); Akriche & Rzaigui (2005); Janczak & Perpétuo (2009). For details of hydrogen bonding, see: Jeffrey & Saenger (1991); Jeffrey (1997); Scheiner (1997). For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For the stability of the temperature controller used in the data collection, see: Cosier & Glazer (1986).
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: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536810004265/tk2625sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810004265/tk2625Isup2.hkl
A hot methanol solution (20 ml) of 2-amino-5-chloropyridine (65 mg, Aldrich) and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (69 mg, Merck) were mixed and warmed over a heating magnetic stirrer for a few minutes. The resulting solution was allowed to cool slowly at room temperature and crystals of the title compound appeared after a few days.
All the H atoms were located in a difference Fourier map and allowed to refine freely [N—H = 0.858 (19)–0.99 (2) Å, O—H = 0.83 (2) Å, C—H = 0.925 (19)–0.965 (16) Å].
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. The asymmetric unit of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. The crystal packing of the title compound, showing hydrogen-bonded (dashed lines) networks. |
C5H6ClN2+·C7H5O3− | F(000) = 552 |
Mr = 266.68 | Dx = 1.425 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 4875 reflections |
a = 10.0893 (3) Å | θ = 2.3–29.9° |
b = 11.7612 (4) Å | µ = 0.31 mm−1 |
c = 11.6634 (3) Å | T = 100 K |
β = 116.113 (2)° | Block, colourless |
V = 1242.74 (6) Å3 | 0.69 × 0.20 × 0.14 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3630 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2663 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.020 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 30.1°, θmin = 2.3° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | h = −13→14 |
Tmin = 0.814, Tmax = 0.958 | k = −16→16 |
12446 measured reflections | l = −16→16 |
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)] = 0.040 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.110 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0478P)2 + 0.2067P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3630 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
207 parameters | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.26 e Å−3 |
C5H6ClN2+·C7H5O3− | V = 1242.74 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 266.68 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 10.0893 (3) Å | µ = 0.31 mm−1 |
b = 11.7612 (4) Å | T = 100 K |
c = 11.6634 (3) Å | 0.69 × 0.20 × 0.14 mm |
β = 116.113 (2)° |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3630 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 2663 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.814, Tmax = 0.958 | Rint = 0.020 |
12446 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.110 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
3630 reflections | Δρmin = −0.26 e Å−3 |
207 parameters |
Experimental. The crystal was placed in the cold stream of an Oxford Cryosystems Cobra open-flow nitrogen cryostat (Cosier & Glazer, 1986) operating at 100.0 (1) k. |
Geometry. All s.u.'s (except the s.u. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell s.u.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of s.u.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between s.u.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell s.u.'s is used for estimating s.u.'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 > 2σ(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 | ||
Cl1 | 0.21064 (4) | 0.98776 (4) | −0.17272 (4) | 0.06226 (15) | |
N1 | 0.51321 (13) | 0.78671 (10) | 0.07645 (11) | 0.0444 (3) | |
N2 | 0.63089 (16) | 0.77385 (14) | 0.29586 (13) | 0.0574 (3) | |
C1 | 0.53134 (15) | 0.82441 (12) | 0.19187 (13) | 0.0439 (3) | |
C2 | 0.44186 (16) | 0.91497 (14) | 0.19530 (14) | 0.0510 (4) | |
C3 | 0.34358 (17) | 0.96337 (14) | 0.08507 (15) | 0.0512 (4) | |
C4 | 0.33162 (14) | 0.92372 (13) | −0.03259 (13) | 0.0454 (3) | |
C5 | 0.41534 (15) | 0.83516 (13) | −0.03444 (13) | 0.0454 (3) | |
O1 | 0.00092 (13) | 0.66336 (10) | 0.45630 (11) | 0.0579 (3) | |
O2 | 0.34526 (13) | 1.11961 (9) | 0.47186 (9) | 0.0567 (3) | |
O3 | 0.22698 (11) | 1.09176 (8) | 0.26301 (8) | 0.0463 (2) | |
C6 | 0.21056 (18) | 0.92410 (14) | 0.51840 (13) | 0.0531 (4) | |
C7 | 0.14592 (19) | 0.82697 (15) | 0.53591 (13) | 0.0563 (4) | |
C8 | 0.06192 (15) | 0.75826 (12) | 0.43312 (13) | 0.0438 (3) | |
C9 | 0.04555 (15) | 0.78713 (12) | 0.31209 (12) | 0.0426 (3) | |
C10 | 0.11107 (14) | 0.88452 (12) | 0.29507 (12) | 0.0397 (3) | |
C11 | 0.19355 (14) | 0.95522 (12) | 0.39715 (11) | 0.0392 (3) | |
C12 | 0.25875 (14) | 1.06243 (12) | 0.37582 (12) | 0.0398 (3) | |
H2A | 0.4538 (17) | 0.9382 (14) | 0.2769 (16) | 0.059 (5)* | |
H3A | 0.283 (2) | 1.0251 (15) | 0.0866 (17) | 0.064 (5)* | |
H5A | 0.4139 (17) | 0.8021 (14) | −0.1096 (16) | 0.060 (5)* | |
H6A | 0.2676 (19) | 0.9721 (15) | 0.5889 (17) | 0.065 (5)* | |
H7A | 0.1571 (19) | 0.8087 (16) | 0.6168 (18) | 0.068 (5)* | |
H9A | −0.0099 (17) | 0.7369 (13) | 0.2417 (15) | 0.054 (4)* | |
H10A | 0.1007 (16) | 0.9043 (13) | 0.2125 (15) | 0.048 (4)* | |
H1O1 | −0.053 (2) | 0.6331 (17) | 0.386 (2) | 0.073 (6)* | |
H1N1 | 0.575 (2) | 0.7250 (16) | 0.0689 (18) | 0.076 (6)* | |
H1N2 | 0.6509 (19) | 0.8050 (16) | 0.3681 (18) | 0.062 (5)* | |
H2N2 | 0.689 (2) | 0.7177 (19) | 0.2877 (19) | 0.080 (6)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cl1 | 0.0607 (2) | 0.0623 (3) | 0.0572 (2) | 0.00938 (18) | 0.01990 (18) | 0.00670 (19) |
N1 | 0.0523 (6) | 0.0433 (6) | 0.0410 (6) | 0.0039 (5) | 0.0235 (5) | −0.0053 (5) |
N2 | 0.0729 (8) | 0.0590 (9) | 0.0403 (6) | 0.0110 (7) | 0.0249 (6) | −0.0023 (6) |
C1 | 0.0515 (7) | 0.0438 (7) | 0.0425 (6) | −0.0042 (6) | 0.0262 (6) | −0.0069 (6) |
C2 | 0.0587 (8) | 0.0536 (9) | 0.0476 (7) | 0.0000 (7) | 0.0297 (6) | −0.0132 (7) |
C3 | 0.0528 (7) | 0.0479 (9) | 0.0585 (8) | 0.0037 (7) | 0.0297 (7) | −0.0092 (7) |
C4 | 0.0441 (6) | 0.0451 (8) | 0.0475 (7) | −0.0022 (6) | 0.0206 (5) | −0.0043 (6) |
C5 | 0.0504 (7) | 0.0467 (8) | 0.0416 (7) | 0.0000 (6) | 0.0226 (6) | −0.0071 (6) |
O1 | 0.0716 (7) | 0.0539 (7) | 0.0450 (5) | −0.0210 (6) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
O2 | 0.0799 (7) | 0.0531 (6) | 0.0401 (5) | −0.0245 (5) | 0.0291 (5) | −0.0082 (5) |
O3 | 0.0597 (5) | 0.0440 (5) | 0.0370 (4) | 0.0000 (4) | 0.0229 (4) | 0.0042 (4) |
C6 | 0.0709 (9) | 0.0536 (9) | 0.0333 (6) | −0.0166 (8) | 0.0217 (6) | −0.0052 (6) |
C7 | 0.0763 (10) | 0.0591 (10) | 0.0347 (6) | −0.0180 (8) | 0.0256 (7) | 0.0003 (7) |
C8 | 0.0486 (7) | 0.0423 (7) | 0.0406 (6) | −0.0039 (6) | 0.0197 (5) | 0.0024 (6) |
C9 | 0.0485 (6) | 0.0418 (7) | 0.0345 (6) | −0.0032 (6) | 0.0155 (5) | −0.0028 (6) |
C10 | 0.0466 (6) | 0.0403 (7) | 0.0329 (6) | 0.0027 (6) | 0.0181 (5) | 0.0014 (5) |
C11 | 0.0459 (6) | 0.0384 (7) | 0.0348 (6) | 0.0000 (5) | 0.0192 (5) | −0.0001 (5) |
C12 | 0.0480 (6) | 0.0380 (7) | 0.0372 (6) | 0.0018 (6) | 0.0224 (5) | −0.0011 (5) |
Cl1—C4 | 1.7241 (15) | O1—H1O1 | 0.83 (2) |
N1—C1 | 1.3511 (17) | O2—C12 | 1.2682 (15) |
N1—C5 | 1.3595 (18) | O3—C12 | 1.2577 (15) |
N1—H1N1 | 0.99 (2) | C6—C7 | 1.375 (2) |
N2—C1 | 1.3271 (19) | C6—C11 | 1.3963 (18) |
N2—H1N2 | 0.858 (19) | C6—H6A | 0.954 (18) |
N2—H2N2 | 0.91 (2) | C7—C8 | 1.384 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.408 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.925 (19) |
C2—C3 | 1.356 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.3892 (19) |
C2—H2A | 0.946 (16) | C9—C10 | 1.3798 (19) |
C3—C4 | 1.403 (2) | C9—H9A | 0.965 (16) |
C3—H3A | 0.953 (18) | C10—C11 | 1.3889 (18) |
C4—C5 | 1.347 (2) | C10—H10A | 0.950 (15) |
C5—H5A | 0.953 (17) | C11—C12 | 1.4929 (19) |
O1—C8 | 1.3581 (17) | ||
C1—N1—C5 | 122.24 (12) | C7—C6—C11 | 120.90 (13) |
C1—N1—H1N1 | 121.1 (11) | C7—C6—H6A | 120.6 (11) |
C5—N1—H1N1 | 116.5 (11) | C11—C6—H6A | 118.5 (11) |
C1—N2—H1N2 | 117.6 (12) | C6—C7—C8 | 120.42 (13) |
C1—N2—H2N2 | 119.3 (13) | C6—C7—H7A | 119.5 (11) |
H1N2—N2—H2N2 | 121.8 (18) | C8—C7—H7A | 120.1 (11) |
N2—C1—N1 | 118.66 (13) | O1—C8—C7 | 117.77 (12) |
N2—C1—C2 | 123.35 (13) | O1—C8—C9 | 122.79 (12) |
N1—C1—C2 | 117.98 (13) | C7—C8—C9 | 119.43 (13) |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.07 (13) | C10—C9—C8 | 119.92 (12) |
C3—C2—H2A | 123.3 (10) | C10—C9—H9A | 121.4 (10) |
C1—C2—H2A | 116.6 (10) | C8—C9—H9A | 118.7 (10) |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.00 (14) | C9—C10—C11 | 121.19 (12) |
C2—C3—H3A | 120.6 (11) | C9—C10—H10A | 120.2 (9) |
C4—C3—H3A | 119.4 (11) | C11—C10—H10A | 118.7 (9) |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.20 (13) | C10—C11—C6 | 118.13 (13) |
C5—C4—Cl1 | 120.66 (11) | C10—C11—C12 | 120.30 (11) |
C3—C4—Cl1 | 120.14 (11) | C6—C11—C12 | 121.56 (12) |
C4—C5—N1 | 120.45 (13) | O3—C12—O2 | 122.55 (12) |
C4—C5—H5A | 125.1 (10) | O3—C12—C11 | 118.55 (11) |
N1—C5—H5A | 114.5 (10) | O2—C12—C11 | 118.89 (11) |
C8—O1—H1O1 | 108.3 (14) | ||
C5—N1—C1—N2 | −178.89 (13) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 1.2 (2) |
C5—N1—C1—C2 | 1.8 (2) | O1—C8—C9—C10 | −179.65 (13) |
N2—C1—C2—C3 | 179.25 (15) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −0.9 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −1.5 (2) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −0.2 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.4 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C6 | 1.0 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 2.1 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −177.69 (12) |
C2—C3—C4—Cl1 | −178.10 (12) | C7—C6—C11—C10 | −0.8 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—N1 | −1.8 (2) | C7—C6—C11—C12 | 177.90 (15) |
Cl1—C4—C5—N1 | 178.38 (11) | C10—C11—C12—O3 | 5.95 (19) |
C1—N1—C5—C4 | −0.2 (2) | C6—C11—C12—O3 | −172.73 (13) |
C11—C6—C7—C8 | −0.3 (3) | C10—C11—C12—O2 | −173.19 (12) |
C6—C7—C8—O1 | 179.94 (15) | C6—C11—C12—O2 | 8.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O1···O3i | 0.84 (2) | 1.91 (2) | 2.7132 (15) | 160 (2) |
N1—H1N1···O2ii | 0.99 (2) | 1.66 (2) | 2.6320 (18) | 169.2 (18) |
N2—H1N2···O2iii | 0.857 (19) | 2.051 (19) | 2.8972 (18) | 169 (2) |
N2—H2N2···O3ii | 0.92 (2) | 1.93 (2) | 2.825 (2) | 167 (2) |
C3—H3A···O3 | 0.95 (2) | 2.488 (19) | 3.181 (2) | 129.5 (14) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C5H6ClN2+·C7H5O3− |
Mr | 266.68 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 10.0893 (3), 11.7612 (4), 11.6634 (3) |
β (°) | 116.113 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1242.74 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.31 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.69 × 0.20 × 0.14 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.814, 0.958 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12446, 3630, 2663 |
Rint | 0.020 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.706 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.040, 0.110, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3630 |
No. of parameters | 207 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.22, −0.26 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O1···O3i | 0.84 (2) | 1.91 (2) | 2.7132 (15) | 160 (2) |
N1—H1N1···O2ii | 0.99 (2) | 1.66 (2) | 2.6320 (18) | 169.2 (18) |
N2—H1N2···O2iii | 0.857 (19) | 2.051 (19) | 2.8972 (18) | 169 (2) |
N2—H2N2···O3ii | 0.92 (2) | 1.93 (2) | 2.825 (2) | 167 (2) |
C3—H3A···O3 | 0.95 (2) | 2.488 (19) | 3.181 (2) | 129.5 (14) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1. |
Footnotes
‡Thomson Reuters ResearcherID: A-3561-2009.
Acknowledgements
MH and HKF thank the Malaysian Government and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Golden Goose grant No. 1001/PFIZIK/811012. MH also thanks Universiti Sains Malaysia for a post-doctoral research fellowship.
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Pyridine and its derivatives play an important role in heterocyclic chemistry (Pozharski et al., 1997; Katritzky et al., 1996). Pyridine and its substituted derivatives are often involved in hydrogen-bond interactions (Jeffrey & Saenger, 1991; Jeffrey, 1997; Scheiner, 1997). The crystal structures of 2-amino-5-chloropyridine (Pourayoubi et al., 2007), 2-amino-5-chloropyridinium trichloroacetate (Janczak & Perpétuo, 2009) and bis (2-amino-5-chloropyridinium) dihydrogendiphosphate (Akriche & Rzaigui, 2005) have been reported. Since our aim is to study some interesting hydrogen-bonding interactions, the crystal structure of the title salt is presented here.
The asymmetric unit (Fig. 1) contains a 2-amino-5-chloropyridinium cation and a 4-hydroxybenzoate anion. The proton transfer from the carboxylic acid to atom N1 of 2-amino-5-chloropyridine resulted in the widening of C1—N1—C5 angle of the pyridinium ring to 122.24 (12)°, compared to the corresponding angle of 118.1 (12)° in neutral 2-amino-5-chloropyridine (Pourayoubi et al., 2007). The 2-amino-5-chloropyridinium cation is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.012 (2) Å for atom C1. In the 4-hydroxybenzoate anion, the carboxylate group is twisted slightly from the attached ring; the dihedral angle between the C6–C11 and O2/O3/C11/C12 planes is 7.16 (9) °.
In the crystal packing (Fig. 2), the protonated N1 atom and the N2-amino group is hydrogen-bonded to the carboxylate oxygen atoms (O2 and O3) via a pair of N—H···O hydrogen bonds forming a R22(8) ring motif (Bernstein et al., 1995). The hydroxyl hydrogen atom is also hydrogen-bonded to the carboxylate oxygen atom through an O—H···O hydrogen bond. The packing is further stabilized by weak C—H···O contacts, Table 1, and π···π interactions involving the benzene (centroid Cg1) and pyridinium (centroid Cg2) rings, with Cg1–Cg2 = 3.8941 (9) Å [symmetry code: x, 3/2 - y, 1/2 + z].