organic compounds
N-Cyclohexyl-N′-(4-nitrobenzoyl)thiourea
aDepartment of Chemistry, Research Complex, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and bDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: Sohail262001@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C14H17N3O3S, the nitro group is twisted slightly by 2.6 (3)° from the benzene ring plane and the thioureido group makes a dihedral angle of 52.06 (4)° with the benzene ring. The cyclohexyl ring displays a chair conformation. An intramolecular N—H⋯O interaction is present. In the crystal, intermolecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds link the molecules into centrosymmetric dimers. π–π interactions between inversion-related benzene rings (centroid–centroid distance = 4.044 Å) and C—H⋯π interactions (H⋯centroid distance = 3.116 Å) between one methylene cyclohexyl H atom and the benzene ring are also present.
Related literature
For general background to the chemistry and biological activity of thiourea derivatives and their use as organic synthons or as complexing agents, see: Glasser & Doughty (1964); Jain & Rao (2003); Zeng et al. (2003); Xu et al. (2004); Zheng et al. (2004); D'hooghe et al. (2005); Saeed et al. (2008, 2009, 2010).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2006); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2006); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
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A solution of 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride (0.01 mol) in dry acetone (80 ml) was added dropwise to a suspension of ammonium thiocyanate (0.01 mol) in acetone (50 ml) and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 45 minutes. After cooling to room temperature, a solution of cyclohexyl amine (0.01 mol) in acetone (25 ml) was added and the resulting mixture refluxed for 2 h. The reaction mixture was poured into five times its volume of cold water, upon which the thiourea precipitated. The product was recrystallized from ethyl acetate as yellow block crystals.
Although all C-bound H atoms may be found in a difference map, they were placed in geometrical idealized positions, with C—H bond lengths fixed to 0.93, 0.97 and 0.98 Å for phenyl, methylene and methine H atoms, respectively. All C-bound H-atoms were refined using a riding model, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier C atom). Atoms H2N and H3N, bonded to N2 and N3, were located in a difference map and refined isotropically with free coordinates.
Thiourea and its derivatives have found extensive applications in the fields of medicine, agriculture and analytical chemistry. Substituted thioureas are an important class of compounds, precursors or intermediates towards the synthesis of a variety of heterocyclic systems such as imidazole-2-thiones (Zeng et al., 2003), 2-imino-1,3-thiazolines (D'hooghe et al., 2005) pyrimidines-2-thione (Jain & Rao, 2003) and (benzothiazolyl)-4-quinazolinones. N-(Substituted phenyl)-N-phenylthioureas and N-(substituted butanoyl)-N-phenylthioureas have been developed. Thioureas are also known to exhibit a wide range of biological activities including antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer (Saeed et al., 2010) antitubercular, antithyroidal, herbicidal and insecticidal activities and as agrochemicals (Xu et al., 2004), e.g. 1-benzoyl-3-(4,5-disubstituted-pyrimidine-2-yl)-thioureas, which have excellent herbicidal activity (Zheng et al., 2004). Thioureas are also well known chelating agents for transition metals (Saeed et al., 2009). N,N-Dialkyl-N'-benzoyl thioureas act as selective complexing agents for the enrichment of platinum metals even from strongly interfacing matrixes. The complexes of thiourea derivatives also show various biological activities (Glasser & Doughty, 1964). Thiourea derivatives containing the amino functional groups are also used as epoxy crosslinking agents (Saeed et al., 2008, 2009).
The title compound, N-cyclohexyl-N'-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-thiourea, crystallizes in a monoclinic primitive
P21/c (#14). Like other analogues, the molecule is not planar. The nitro group, N1/O1/O2, is slightly twisted [2.6 (3)°] from the benzene ring plane (C1···C6). For the he thioureido group, the mean plane defined by C7/O3/N2/C8/S1/N3 is twisted by 52.06 (4)° from the benzene ring plane. The cyclohexyl ring is in the chair form.Most of the bond lengths in the molecule are within 0.01 Å of the mean and median of comparable bond types in the CSD database.
There are intra-molecular N—H···O H-bond interactions. The intermolecular N—H···S H-bond interactions link the molecules to form dimers in the π···π interactions between neighbouring benzene rings and C13—H13B···π interactions between the cyclohexyl H atom and the benzene ring in the The distance between the atom H13B and the centroid of C1···C6 benzene ring is 3.116 Å. The centroid-to-centroid distance of the ring C1···C6 and (C1···C6)* (* symmetry code: 1-x, 1-y, 1-z) is 4.044 Å and the distance between C5* and centroid of C1···C6 is 3.610 Å.
There are alsoFor general background to the chemistry and biological activity of thiourea derivatives and their use as organic synthons or as complexing agents, see: Glasser & Doughty (1964); Jain & Rao (2003); Zeng et al. (2003); Xu et al. (2004); Zheng et al. (2004); D'hooghe et al. (2005); Saeed et al. (2008, 2009, 2010).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2006); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2006); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2006); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).C14H17N3O3S | F(000) = 648 |
Mr = 307.37 | Dx = 1.349 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Melting point: 389 K |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 10.7865 (7) Å | Cell parameters from 10042 reflections |
b = 6.9218 (4) Å | θ = 1.9–28.3° |
c = 20.6788 (13) Å | µ = 0.23 mm−1 |
β = 101.493 (1)° | T = 294 K |
V = 1512.96 (16) Å3 | Block, yellow |
Z = 4 | 0.43 × 0.32 × 0.26 mm |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 3683 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3177 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.017 |
ω scans | θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 1.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | h = −14→14 |
Tmin = 0.909, Tmax = 0.943 | k = −9→5 |
10042 measured reflections | l = −27→21 |
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 atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.057P)2 + 0.3039P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.04 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.002 |
3683 reflections | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
200 parameters | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SAINT (Bruker, 2006), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
0 constraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.0071 (14) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
C14H17N3O3S | V = 1512.96 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 307.37 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 10.7865 (7) Å | µ = 0.23 mm−1 |
b = 6.9218 (4) Å | T = 294 K |
c = 20.6788 (13) Å | 0.43 × 0.32 × 0.26 mm |
β = 101.493 (1)° |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 3683 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | 3177 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.909, Tmax = 0.943 | Rint = 0.017 |
10042 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
3683 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
200 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
S1 | 1.03975 (3) | 0.73010 (6) | 0.436999 (18) | 0.05209 (13) | |
O1 | 0.47704 (13) | 0.08216 (19) | 0.65091 (7) | 0.0781 (4) | |
O2 | 0.44185 (17) | 0.3242 (2) | 0.70892 (8) | 0.1000 (5) | |
O3 | 0.67743 (10) | 0.91616 (15) | 0.49838 (6) | 0.0595 (3) | |
N1 | 0.48457 (12) | 0.2530 (2) | 0.66423 (7) | 0.0597 (3) | |
N2 | 0.83598 (10) | 0.70331 (17) | 0.49038 (5) | 0.0439 (2) | |
N3 | 0.83313 (11) | 0.94898 (16) | 0.41468 (6) | 0.0474 (3) | |
C1 | 0.55199 (11) | 0.3817 (2) | 0.62577 (6) | 0.0469 (3) | |
C2 | 0.56593 (15) | 0.5738 (2) | 0.64356 (7) | 0.0554 (3) | |
H2 | 0.5347 | 0.6211 | 0.6792 | 0.066* | |
C3 | 0.62757 (15) | 0.6938 (2) | 0.60694 (7) | 0.0543 (3) | |
H3 | 0.6368 | 0.8244 | 0.6174 | 0.065* | |
C4 | 0.67605 (11) | 0.61980 (19) | 0.55443 (6) | 0.0429 (3) | |
C5 | 0.66178 (11) | 0.42564 (19) | 0.53834 (6) | 0.0437 (3) | |
H5 | 0.6951 | 0.3766 | 0.5035 | 0.052* | |
C6 | 0.59808 (12) | 0.30409 (19) | 0.57394 (7) | 0.0461 (3) | |
H6 | 0.5868 | 0.1740 | 0.5631 | 0.055* | |
C7 | 0.72985 (13) | 0.76095 (18) | 0.51229 (6) | 0.0440 (3) | |
C8 | 0.89672 (11) | 0.80319 (18) | 0.44630 (6) | 0.0404 (3) | |
C9 | 0.87497 (12) | 1.07460 (18) | 0.36608 (6) | 0.0450 (3) | |
H9 | 0.9669 | 1.0915 | 0.3785 | 0.054* | |
C10 | 0.81166 (18) | 1.2697 (2) | 0.36788 (8) | 0.0581 (4) | |
H10A | 0.8380 | 1.3263 | 0.4114 | 0.070* | |
H10B | 0.7206 | 1.2526 | 0.3598 | 0.070* | |
C11 | 0.84568 (19) | 1.4059 (2) | 0.31634 (8) | 0.0675 (4) | |
H11A | 0.7997 | 1.5262 | 0.3168 | 0.081* | |
H11B | 0.9354 | 1.4348 | 0.3275 | 0.081* | |
C12 | 0.81434 (18) | 1.3191 (3) | 0.24797 (8) | 0.0660 (4) | |
H12A | 0.7234 | 1.3052 | 0.2346 | 0.079* | |
H12B | 0.8429 | 1.4054 | 0.2170 | 0.079* | |
C13 | 0.87599 (18) | 1.1253 (3) | 0.24606 (8) | 0.0650 (4) | |
H13A | 0.9671 | 1.1419 | 0.2539 | 0.078* | |
H13B | 0.8492 | 1.0695 | 0.2025 | 0.078* | |
C14 | 0.84263 (16) | 0.9873 (2) | 0.29742 (7) | 0.0567 (4) | |
H14A | 0.7529 | 0.9581 | 0.2866 | 0.068* | |
H14B | 0.8888 | 0.8673 | 0.2967 | 0.068* | |
H2N | 0.8739 (16) | 0.605 (3) | 0.5076 (8) | 0.056 (4)* | |
H3N | 0.7671 (16) | 0.977 (2) | 0.4261 (8) | 0.054 (4)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.04215 (19) | 0.0602 (2) | 0.0569 (2) | 0.00659 (13) | 0.01688 (14) | 0.01451 (15) |
O1 | 0.0819 (8) | 0.0661 (8) | 0.0935 (9) | −0.0121 (6) | 0.0350 (7) | 0.0161 (7) |
O2 | 0.1244 (13) | 0.0977 (10) | 0.1022 (10) | −0.0046 (9) | 0.0809 (10) | 0.0102 (8) |
O3 | 0.0656 (6) | 0.0483 (5) | 0.0731 (7) | 0.0133 (5) | 0.0342 (5) | 0.0136 (5) |
N1 | 0.0497 (7) | 0.0726 (9) | 0.0615 (7) | 0.0012 (6) | 0.0222 (6) | 0.0175 (6) |
N2 | 0.0459 (5) | 0.0424 (6) | 0.0467 (6) | 0.0050 (4) | 0.0169 (4) | 0.0081 (4) |
N3 | 0.0476 (6) | 0.0455 (6) | 0.0535 (6) | 0.0053 (5) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0107 (5) |
C1 | 0.0406 (6) | 0.0552 (7) | 0.0471 (6) | 0.0039 (5) | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0114 (6) |
C2 | 0.0654 (8) | 0.0587 (8) | 0.0488 (7) | 0.0079 (7) | 0.0275 (6) | 0.0022 (6) |
C3 | 0.0688 (9) | 0.0463 (7) | 0.0536 (7) | 0.0041 (6) | 0.0261 (7) | −0.0004 (6) |
C4 | 0.0429 (6) | 0.0454 (6) | 0.0426 (6) | 0.0039 (5) | 0.0139 (5) | 0.0048 (5) |
C5 | 0.0419 (6) | 0.0474 (7) | 0.0448 (6) | 0.0050 (5) | 0.0161 (5) | 0.0005 (5) |
C6 | 0.0424 (6) | 0.0444 (6) | 0.0531 (7) | 0.0024 (5) | 0.0136 (5) | 0.0039 (5) |
C7 | 0.0475 (6) | 0.0434 (6) | 0.0439 (6) | 0.0018 (5) | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0026 (5) |
C8 | 0.0424 (6) | 0.0409 (6) | 0.0391 (6) | −0.0020 (5) | 0.0105 (5) | 0.0002 (5) |
C9 | 0.0463 (6) | 0.0417 (6) | 0.0494 (7) | −0.0014 (5) | 0.0154 (5) | 0.0079 (5) |
C10 | 0.0789 (10) | 0.0421 (7) | 0.0566 (8) | 0.0046 (6) | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0018 (6) |
C11 | 0.0914 (12) | 0.0421 (7) | 0.0679 (10) | −0.0033 (8) | 0.0134 (8) | 0.0105 (7) |
C12 | 0.0729 (10) | 0.0653 (10) | 0.0565 (8) | −0.0053 (8) | 0.0048 (7) | 0.0172 (7) |
C13 | 0.0809 (10) | 0.0681 (10) | 0.0510 (8) | −0.0059 (8) | 0.0253 (7) | 0.0041 (7) |
C14 | 0.0738 (9) | 0.0459 (7) | 0.0563 (8) | −0.0025 (6) | 0.0269 (7) | −0.0018 (6) |
S1—C8 | 1.6707 (13) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
O1—N1 | 1.2132 (19) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
O2—N1 | 1.2162 (19) | C9—C10 | 1.5173 (19) |
O3—C7 | 1.2213 (15) | C9—C14 | 1.518 (2) |
N1—C1 | 1.4785 (17) | C9—H9 | 0.9800 |
N2—C7 | 1.3717 (16) | C10—C11 | 1.521 (2) |
N2—C8 | 1.4058 (16) | C10—H10A | 0.9700 |
N2—H2N | 0.835 (18) | C10—H10B | 0.9700 |
N3—C8 | 1.3182 (16) | C11—C12 | 1.511 (2) |
N3—C9 | 1.4665 (15) | C11—H11A | 0.9700 |
N3—H3N | 0.817 (17) | C11—H11B | 0.9700 |
C1—C6 | 1.3774 (18) | C12—C13 | 1.501 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.379 (2) | C12—H12A | 0.9700 |
C2—C3 | 1.380 (2) | C12—H12B | 0.9700 |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C13—C14 | 1.524 (2) |
C3—C4 | 1.3932 (17) | C13—H13A | 0.9700 |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C13—H13B | 0.9700 |
C4—C5 | 1.3857 (18) | C14—H14A | 0.9700 |
C4—C7 | 1.5008 (17) | C14—H14B | 0.9700 |
C5—C6 | 1.3869 (17) | ||
O1—N1—O2 | 123.31 (14) | C10—C9—C14 | 110.89 (12) |
O1—N1—C1 | 118.89 (13) | N3—C9—H9 | 108.9 |
O2—N1—C1 | 117.78 (15) | C10—C9—H9 | 108.9 |
C7—N2—C8 | 126.77 (11) | C14—C9—H9 | 108.9 |
C7—N2—H2N | 117.8 (12) | C9—C10—C11 | 111.20 (13) |
C8—N2—H2N | 115.1 (12) | C9—C10—H10A | 109.4 |
C8—N3—C9 | 126.38 (11) | C11—C10—H10A | 109.4 |
C8—N3—H3N | 115.9 (11) | C9—C10—H10B | 109.4 |
C9—N3—H3N | 117.4 (11) | C11—C10—H10B | 109.4 |
C6—C1—C2 | 123.12 (12) | H10A—C10—H10B | 108.0 |
C6—C1—N1 | 118.42 (13) | C12—C11—C10 | 111.65 (13) |
C2—C1—N1 | 118.46 (12) | C12—C11—H11A | 109.3 |
C1—C2—C3 | 118.19 (12) | C10—C11—H11A | 109.3 |
C1—C2—H2 | 120.9 | C12—C11—H11B | 109.3 |
C3—C2—H2 | 120.9 | C10—C11—H11B | 109.3 |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.20 (13) | H11A—C11—H11B | 108.0 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.9 | C13—C12—C11 | 111.23 (14) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.9 | C13—C12—H12A | 109.4 |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.17 (12) | C11—C12—H12A | 109.4 |
C5—C4—C7 | 121.95 (11) | C13—C12—H12B | 109.4 |
C3—C4—C7 | 117.52 (12) | C11—C12—H12B | 109.4 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.26 (12) | H12A—C12—H12B | 108.0 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C12—C13—C14 | 111.98 (13) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C12—C13—H13A | 109.2 |
C1—C6—C5 | 118.04 (12) | C14—C13—H13A | 109.2 |
C1—C6—H6 | 121.0 | C12—C13—H13B | 109.2 |
C5—C6—H6 | 121.0 | C14—C13—H13B | 109.2 |
O3—C7—N2 | 123.77 (12) | H13A—C13—H13B | 107.9 |
O3—C7—C4 | 119.66 (11) | C9—C14—C13 | 111.10 (12) |
N2—C7—C4 | 116.56 (11) | C9—C14—H14A | 109.4 |
N3—C8—N2 | 115.75 (11) | C13—C14—H14A | 109.4 |
N3—C8—S1 | 125.16 (10) | C9—C14—H14B | 109.4 |
N2—C8—S1 | 119.09 (9) | C13—C14—H14B | 109.4 |
N3—C9—C10 | 108.03 (11) | H14A—C14—H14B | 108.0 |
N3—C9—C14 | 111.11 (11) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3N···O3 | 0.817 (17) | 1.981 (17) | 2.6507 (17) | 138.8 (14) |
N2—H2N···S1i | 0.84 (2) | 2.67 (2) | 3.4999 (12) | 171.3 (16) |
C6—H6···O3ii | 0.93 | 2.54 | 3.3041 (17) | 140 |
C9—H9···S1 | 0.98 | 2.82 | 3.1555 (13) | 101 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) x, y−1, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H17N3O3S |
Mr | 307.37 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 294 |
a, b, c (Å) | 10.7865 (7), 6.9218 (4), 20.6788 (13) |
β (°) | 101.493 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1512.96 (16) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.23 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.43 × 0.32 × 0.26 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART 1000 CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.909, 0.943 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10042, 3683, 3177 |
Rint | 0.017 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.667 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.037, 0.108, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3683 |
No. of parameters | 200 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.25, −0.20 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2006), SAINT (Bruker, 2006), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3N···O3 | 0.817 (17) | 1.981 (17) | 2.6507 (17) | 138.8 (14) |
N2—H2N···S1i | 0.84 (2) | 2.67 (2) | 3.4999 (12) | 171.3 (16) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Department of Chemistry, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for providing laboratory and analytical facilities.
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Thiourea and its derivatives have found extensive applications in the fields of medicine, agriculture and analytical chemistry. Substituted thioureas are an important class of compounds, precursors or intermediates towards the synthesis of a variety of heterocyclic systems such as imidazole-2-thiones (Zeng et al., 2003), 2-imino-1,3-thiazolines (D'hooghe et al., 2005) pyrimidines-2-thione (Jain & Rao, 2003) and (benzothiazolyl)-4-quinazolinones. N-(Substituted phenyl)-N-phenylthioureas and N-(substituted butanoyl)-N-phenylthioureas have been developed. Thioureas are also known to exhibit a wide range of biological activities including antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer (Saeed et al., 2010) antitubercular, antithyroidal, herbicidal and insecticidal activities and as agrochemicals (Xu et al., 2004), e.g. 1-benzoyl-3-(4,5-disubstituted-pyrimidine-2-yl)-thioureas, which have excellent herbicidal activity (Zheng et al., 2004). Thioureas are also well known chelating agents for transition metals (Saeed et al., 2009). N,N-Dialkyl-N'-benzoyl thioureas act as selective complexing agents for the enrichment of platinum metals even from strongly interfacing matrixes. The complexes of thiourea derivatives also show various biological activities (Glasser & Doughty, 1964). Thiourea derivatives containing the amino functional groups are also used as epoxy crosslinking agents (Saeed et al., 2008, 2009).
The title compound, N-cyclohexyl-N'-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-thiourea, crystallizes in a monoclinic primitive space group, P21/c (#14). Like other analogues, the molecule is not planar. The nitro group, N1/O1/O2, is slightly twisted [2.6 (3)°] from the benzene ring plane (C1···C6). For the he thioureido group, the mean plane defined by C7/O3/N2/C8/S1/N3 is twisted by 52.06 (4)° from the benzene ring plane. The cyclohexyl ring is in the chair form.
Most of the bond lengths in the molecule are within 0.01 Å of the mean and median of comparable bond types in the CSD database.
There are intra-molecular N—H···O H-bond interactions. The intermolecular N—H···S H-bond interactions link the molecules to form dimers in the crystal lattice. There are also π···π interactions between neighbouring benzene rings and C13—H13B···π interactions between the cyclohexyl H atom and the benzene ring in the crystal lattice. The distance between the atom H13B and the centroid of C1···C6 benzene ring is 3.116 Å. The centroid-to-centroid distance of the ring C1···C6 and (C1···C6)* (* symmetry code: 1-x, 1-y, 1-z) is 4.044 Å and the distance between C5* and centroid of C1···C6 is 3.610 Å.