organic compounds
N-(2,5-Dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzamide
aDepartment of Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, Mangalore, India, bFaculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak Technical University, Radlinského 9, SK-812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, and cInstitute of Materials Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 23, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: gowdabt@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C16H17NO, the two aromatic rings are almost coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 1.9 (2)°. The amide group makes dihedral angles of 48.0 (3) and 48.6 (3)° with the 2-methylphenyl and the 2,5-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. Intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains running along the a axis of the crystal.
Related literature
For related structures, see Gowda, Foro et al. (2008a,b); Gowda, Tokarčík et al. (2009).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis PRO; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97, PLATON (Spek, 2009) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S160053681000886X/dn2545sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053681000886X/dn2545Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared according to the method described by Gowda, Foro et al. (2008b). The purity of the compound was checked by determining its melting point. It was characterized by recording its infrared and NMR spectra. Block-like colourless single crystals of the title compound were obtained by slow evaporation from an ethanol solution (0.5 g in about 30 ml of ethanol) at room temperature.
All hydrogen atoms were positioned with idealized geometry using a riding model with C–H = 0.93 Å or 0.96 Å and N–H = 0.86 Å. The Uiso(H) values were set at 1.2Ueq(C-aromatic, N) and 1.5Ueq(C-methyl). The C16 methyl group exhibits orientational disorder in the positions of H atoms. In the last cycles of
all H atoms were treated as riding on their parent atoms.The two sets of methyl hydrogen atoms were refined with occupancies 0.74 (4) and 0.26 (4). In the absence of significant
the could not be reliably determined and then the Friedel pairs were merged and any references to the were removed.Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2002); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).C16H17NO | F(000) = 512 |
Mr = 239.31 | Dx = 1.208 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 11414 reflections |
a = 4.90104 (10) Å | θ = 1.8–29.5° |
b = 5.85657 (16) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 45.8291 (12) Å | T = 295 K |
V = 1315.45 (6) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.54 × 0.35 × 0.09 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Ruby Gemini diffractometer | 1414 independent reflections |
Graphite monochromator | 1338 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 10.434 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.037 |
ω scans | θmax = 25°, θmin = 1.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | h = −5→5 |
Tmin = 0.957, Tmax = 0.990 | k = −6→6 |
22131 measured reflections | l = −54→54 |
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)] = 0.044 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.097 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.20 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0248P)2 + 0.5849P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1414 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
165 parameters | Δρmax = 0.12 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
C16H17NO | V = 1315.45 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 239.31 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 4.90104 (10) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
b = 5.85657 (16) Å | T = 295 K |
c = 45.8291 (12) Å | 0.54 × 0.35 × 0.09 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Ruby Gemini diffractometer | 1414 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 1338 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.957, Tmax = 0.990 | Rint = 0.037 |
22131 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.044 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.097 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.20 | Δρmax = 0.12 e Å−3 |
1414 reflections | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
165 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 | Occ. (<1) | |
O1 | 0.1938 (4) | 0.2752 (5) | 0.11488 (4) | 0.0571 (7) | |
N1 | 0.6250 (4) | 0.2075 (4) | 0.12991 (4) | 0.0354 (5) | |
H1N | 0.7945 | 0.2132 | 0.1251 | 0.043* | |
C1 | 0.4388 (5) | 0.2701 (5) | 0.10975 (5) | 0.0345 (6) | |
C2 | 0.5509 (5) | 0.3297 (5) | 0.08026 (5) | 0.0340 (6) | |
C3 | 0.4651 (6) | 0.5263 (5) | 0.06577 (6) | 0.0436 (7) | |
C4 | 0.5758 (7) | 0.5680 (6) | 0.03829 (6) | 0.0580 (9) | |
H4 | 0.5241 | 0.6989 | 0.0282 | 0.070* | |
C5 | 0.7593 (7) | 0.4208 (7) | 0.02570 (6) | 0.0644 (10) | |
H5 | 0.8294 | 0.4532 | 0.0073 | 0.077* | |
C6 | 0.8400 (7) | 0.2271 (7) | 0.03994 (6) | 0.0600 (9) | |
H6 | 0.9627 | 0.1267 | 0.0313 | 0.072* | |
C7 | 0.7366 (6) | 0.1831 (5) | 0.06728 (6) | 0.0446 (7) | |
H7 | 0.7924 | 0.0528 | 0.0772 | 0.054* | |
C8 | 0.5574 (5) | 0.1322 (4) | 0.15873 (5) | 0.0323 (6) | |
C9 | 0.6678 (6) | −0.0703 (5) | 0.16930 (6) | 0.0382 (6) | |
C10 | 0.5923 (6) | −0.1364 (5) | 0.19709 (6) | 0.0484 (8) | |
H10 | 0.6660 | −0.2696 | 0.2048 | 0.058* | |
C11 | 0.4121 (6) | −0.0122 (5) | 0.21371 (6) | 0.0488 (8) | |
H11 | 0.3631 | −0.0644 | 0.2321 | 0.059* | |
C12 | 0.3027 (6) | 0.1906 (5) | 0.20322 (5) | 0.0399 (7) | |
C13 | 0.3794 (5) | 0.2610 (5) | 0.17554 (5) | 0.0365 (6) | |
H13 | 0.3103 | 0.3969 | 0.1681 | 0.044* | |
C14 | 0.2646 (7) | 0.6906 (6) | 0.07875 (8) | 0.0633 (9) | |
H14A | 0.2576 | 0.8264 | 0.0670 | 0.095* | |
H14B | 0.3206 | 0.7294 | 0.0982 | 0.095* | |
H14C | 0.0872 | 0.6213 | 0.0793 | 0.095* | |
C15 | 0.8619 (6) | −0.2117 (5) | 0.15136 (6) | 0.0527 (8) | |
H15A | 1.0349 | −0.1354 | 0.1502 | 0.079* | |
H15B | 0.7888 | −0.2316 | 0.1321 | 0.079* | |
H15C | 0.8857 | −0.3583 | 0.1604 | 0.079* | |
C16 | 0.1035 (7) | 0.3287 (6) | 0.22091 (6) | 0.0566 (9) | |
H16A | 0.1199 | 0.2888 | 0.2412 | 0.068* | 0.74 |
H16B | −0.0786 | 0.2971 | 0.2144 | 0.068* | 0.74 |
H16C | 0.1420 | 0.4883 | 0.2185 | 0.068* | 0.74 |
H16D | 0.0025 | 0.4276 | 0.2082 | 0.068* | 0.26 |
H16E | 0.2007 | 0.4188 | 0.2350 | 0.068* | 0.26 |
H16F | −0.0201 | 0.2279 | 0.2309 | 0.068* | 0.26 |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0242 (10) | 0.0968 (18) | 0.0502 (11) | 0.0001 (13) | 0.0046 (9) | 0.0132 (13) |
N1 | 0.0211 (10) | 0.0470 (13) | 0.0382 (11) | 0.0021 (11) | 0.0061 (9) | 0.0045 (11) |
C1 | 0.0267 (13) | 0.0385 (15) | 0.0382 (14) | −0.0019 (13) | 0.0028 (11) | −0.0007 (13) |
C2 | 0.0242 (12) | 0.0429 (15) | 0.0349 (13) | −0.0036 (13) | −0.0003 (11) | −0.0024 (12) |
C3 | 0.0354 (15) | 0.0501 (17) | 0.0454 (16) | −0.0044 (15) | −0.0066 (13) | 0.0029 (14) |
C4 | 0.058 (2) | 0.068 (2) | 0.0477 (17) | −0.005 (2) | −0.0123 (17) | 0.0192 (17) |
C5 | 0.059 (2) | 0.100 (3) | 0.0339 (15) | −0.011 (2) | 0.0050 (15) | 0.0039 (19) |
C6 | 0.0532 (19) | 0.084 (2) | 0.0424 (16) | 0.005 (2) | 0.0094 (15) | −0.0104 (18) |
C7 | 0.0376 (15) | 0.0532 (18) | 0.0431 (15) | 0.0033 (16) | 0.0023 (13) | −0.0010 (14) |
C8 | 0.0271 (13) | 0.0359 (14) | 0.0340 (13) | −0.0028 (13) | 0.0029 (12) | 0.0016 (11) |
C9 | 0.0315 (14) | 0.0402 (15) | 0.0429 (15) | −0.0003 (14) | 0.0006 (12) | 0.0004 (12) |
C10 | 0.0488 (17) | 0.0452 (17) | 0.0511 (17) | 0.0070 (17) | 0.0016 (15) | 0.0145 (14) |
C11 | 0.0489 (18) | 0.0584 (19) | 0.0392 (15) | 0.0001 (18) | 0.0067 (15) | 0.0120 (15) |
C12 | 0.0337 (14) | 0.0497 (17) | 0.0363 (13) | −0.0020 (15) | 0.0046 (12) | −0.0020 (13) |
C13 | 0.0331 (13) | 0.0369 (14) | 0.0395 (14) | 0.0044 (14) | 0.0022 (11) | 0.0016 (12) |
C14 | 0.0526 (19) | 0.0535 (19) | 0.084 (2) | 0.0100 (19) | −0.0045 (18) | 0.0053 (19) |
C15 | 0.0522 (18) | 0.0435 (17) | 0.0625 (18) | 0.0149 (18) | 0.0056 (15) | 0.0020 (15) |
C16 | 0.0529 (19) | 0.072 (2) | 0.0449 (16) | 0.007 (2) | 0.0120 (15) | −0.0044 (16) |
O1—C1 | 1.224 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.375 (4) |
N1—C1 | 1.349 (3) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
N1—C8 | 1.431 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.389 (4) |
N1—H1N | 0.8598 | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.500 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.386 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.386 (4) | C12—C16 | 1.505 (4) |
C2—C3 | 1.394 (4) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C3—C4 | 1.393 (4) | C14—H14A | 0.9600 |
C3—C14 | 1.499 (4) | C14—H14B | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.373 (5) | C14—H14C | 0.9600 |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C15—H15A | 0.9600 |
C5—C6 | 1.367 (5) | C15—H15B | 0.9600 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C15—H15C | 0.9600 |
C6—C7 | 1.376 (4) | C16—H16A | 0.9599 |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C16—H16B | 0.9598 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | C16—H16C | 0.9602 |
C8—C13 | 1.387 (3) | C16—H16D | 0.9605 |
C8—C9 | 1.391 (4) | C16—H16E | 0.9588 |
C9—C10 | 1.381 (4) | C16—H16F | 0.9607 |
C9—C15 | 1.505 (4) | ||
C1—N1—C8 | 124.0 (2) | C11—C12—C16 | 121.6 (3) |
C1—N1—H1N | 117.9 | C12—C13—C8 | 121.2 (3) |
C8—N1—H1N | 118.1 | C12—C13—H13 | 119.4 |
O1—C1—N1 | 122.6 (2) | C8—C13—H13 | 119.4 |
O1—C1—C2 | 121.8 (2) | C3—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C2 | 115.6 (2) | C3—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C7—C2—C3 | 120.4 (3) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C7—C2—C1 | 118.9 (2) | C3—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.7 (2) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C2 | 117.3 (3) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C14 | 120.1 (3) | C9—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C2—C3—C14 | 122.6 (3) | C9—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.7 (3) | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.2 | C9—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.2 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.7 (3) | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 | C12—C16—H16A | 109.6 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 | C12—C16—H16B | 109.3 |
C5—C6—C7 | 118.9 (3) | H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 120.5 | C12—C16—H16C | 109.4 |
C7—C6—H6 | 120.5 | H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C6—C7—C2 | 121.1 (3) | H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.4 | C12—C16—H16D | 109.3 |
C2—C7—H7 | 119.4 | H16A—C16—H16D | 141.1 |
C13—C8—C9 | 121.0 (2) | H16B—C16—H16D | 56.4 |
C13—C8—N1 | 119.4 (2) | H16C—C16—H16D | 56.1 |
C9—C8—N1 | 119.6 (2) | C12—C16—H16E | 109.6 |
C10—C9—C8 | 117.1 (3) | H16A—C16—H16E | 56.2 |
C10—C9—C15 | 121.2 (3) | H16B—C16—H16E | 141.1 |
C8—C9—C15 | 121.6 (2) | H16C—C16—H16E | 56.3 |
C11—C10—C9 | 122.3 (3) | H16D—C16—H16E | 109.4 |
C11—C10—H10 | 118.8 | C12—C16—H16F | 109.5 |
C9—C10—H10 | 118.8 | H16A—C16—H16F | 56.3 |
C10—C11—C12 | 120.6 (3) | H16B—C16—H16F | 56.2 |
C10—C11—H11 | 119.7 | H16C—C16—H16F | 141.1 |
C12—C11—H11 | 119.7 | H16D—C16—H16F | 109.5 |
C13—C12—C11 | 117.8 (3) | H16E—C16—H16F | 109.5 |
C13—C12—C16 | 120.6 (3) | ||
C8—N1—C1—O1 | 2.7 (5) | C1—C2—C7—C6 | 178.3 (3) |
C8—N1—C1—C2 | −176.3 (2) | C1—N1—C8—C13 | −49.7 (4) |
O1—C1—C2—C7 | −130.9 (3) | C1—N1—C8—C9 | 129.3 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | 48.1 (3) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | 0.0 (4) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | 47.5 (4) | N1—C8—C9—C10 | −179.1 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −133.5 (3) | C13—C8—C9—C15 | −179.8 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | −0.7 (4) | N1—C8—C9—C15 | 1.1 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −179.1 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 1.3 (4) |
C7—C2—C3—C14 | 180.0 (3) | C15—C9—C10—C11 | −178.9 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C14 | 1.5 (4) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.6 (5) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.8 (4) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.6 (4) |
C14—C3—C4—C5 | −179.8 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C16 | 179.5 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.1 (5) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | 0.6 (4) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.7 (5) | C16—C12—C13—C8 | −178.3 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | 0.9 (5) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −0.9 (4) |
C3—C2—C7—C6 | −0.2 (4) | N1—C8—C13—C12 | 178.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.86 | 2.05 | 2.899 (3) | 172 |
Symmetry code: (i) x+1, y, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H17NO |
Mr | 239.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 4.90104 (10), 5.85657 (16), 45.8291 (12) |
V (Å3) | 1315.45 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.54 × 0.35 × 0.09 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur Ruby Gemini diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.957, 0.990 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 22131, 1414, 1338 |
Rint | 0.037 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.044, 0.097, 1.20 |
No. of reflections | 1414 |
No. of parameters | 165 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.12, −0.13 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2002), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.86 | 2.05 | 2.899 (3) | 171.9 |
Symmetry code: (i) x+1, y, z. |
Acknowledgements
MT and JK thank the Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic (VEGA 1/0817/08) and the Structural Funds, Interreg IIIA, for financial support in purchasing the diffractometer. VZR thanks the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, for the award of a research fellowship
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As a part of our efforts to explore the effect of the substituents on the structures of benzanilides (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008a,b; Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009), in the present work, the structure of 2-methyl-N-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)benzamide (I) has been determined.
In the structure of (I) (Fig. 1), the N—H and C=O groups are in antiperiplanar conformation. This conformation is similar to those already observed, e. g. in 2-methyl-N-(phenyl)benzamide (II) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008a), 2-methyl-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)- benzamide (III) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008b) and in 2-methyl-N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)benzamide (IV) (Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009). Further in (I), the conformation of the C=O group to the methyl substituent in the 2-methylphenyl ring is syn. This conformation is similar to those observed in (II) and (IV). The bond parameters in (I) are similar to those in (II), (III) and (IV) and other benzanilides (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008a,b; Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009).
The two aromatic rings are almost coplanar, with the dihedral angle of 1.9 (2)°. The amido group makes dihedral angles of 48.0 (3)° and 48.6 (3)° with the 2-methylphenyl and the 2,5-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. In the crystal structure, the intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules into chains running along the a-axis of the crystal (Fig. 2).