organic compounds
N-(2,4-Dimethylphenyl)-4-methylbenzamide
aDepartment of Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, Mangalore, India, and bFaculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak Technical University, Radlinského 9, SK-812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
*Correspondence e-mail: gowdabt@yahoo.com
In the molecule of the title compound, C16H17NO, the N—H and C=O bonds are anti to each other and the two benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 75.8 (1)°. The amide group is twisted by 28.1 (3) and 76.3 (2)° out of the planes of the 4-methylphenyl and 2,4-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. In the crystal, intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains running along the c axis. The crystal studied was hemihedrally twinned with a resulting from a twofold rotation about the a axis.
Related literature
For the preparation, see: Gowda et al. (2003). For related structures, see: Bowes et al. (2003); Gowda et al. (2003, 2009a,b, 2010).
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
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810013413/tk2655sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810013413/tk2655Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared according to the literature method (Gowda et al., 2003). Plate-like colourless crystals were obtained from a slow evaporation of its ethanolic solution at room temperature.
Twinning was discovered, with two twin domains in a 1:1 ratio. and taken into account from the early stages of data collection. The
was determined as the matrix (-0.9998 0.0015 -0.8619/ -0.0001 -1.0000 -0.0003/ 0.0000 -0.0005 1.0001), which corresponds to a twofold rotation about the a axis. The non-diagonal matrix element of -0.8619 has a near-rational value of -6/7. Inspection of diffraction patterns and HKL files confirmed that reflections are overlapped mainly in the zones with l = 0 and l = 7. The twin scale factor was refined to a final value of 0.484 (2). 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, and with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C-aromatic, N) and 1.5Ueq(C-methyl).As part of a study of the substituent effects on the crystal structures of benzanilides (Gowda et al., 2003, 2009a,b, 2010), in the present work, the structure of N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide has been determined. In the structure, the N—H and C=O bonds are anti to each other (Fig. 1), similar to those observed in 4-methyl-N-(phenyl)benzamide (Gowda et al., 2010), N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide (Gowda et al., 2009a), N-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide (Gowda et al., 2009b) and the parent benzanilide (Bowes et al., 2003). The benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 75.8 (1) °. The amide group is twisted by 28.1 (3) and 76.3 (2) ° out of the planes of the 4-methylphenyl and 2,4-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. Intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules into chains running along the c axis of the crystal (Fig. 2).
For the preparation, see: Gowda et al. (2003). For related structures, see: Bowes et al. (2003); Gowda et al. (2003, 2009a,b, 2010).
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 = 1.176 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 3071 reflections |
a = 22.4974 (17) Å | θ = 1.8–29.6° |
b = 6.6033 (2) Å | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
c = 9.2474 (6) Å | T = 295 K |
β = 100.209 (6)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 1352.02 (14) Å3 | 0.33 × 0.22 × 0.03 mm |
Z = 4 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini diffractometer | 3430 independent reflections |
Graphite monochromator | 2107 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 10.434 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.079 |
ω scans | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | h = −26→26 |
Tmin = 0.983, Tmax = 0.998 | k = −7→7 |
12970 measured reflections | l = −9→11 |
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)] = 0.070 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.192 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0864P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3430 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
167 parameters | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
C16H17NO | V = 1352.02 (14) Å3 |
Mr = 239.31 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 22.4974 (17) Å | µ = 0.07 mm−1 |
b = 6.6033 (2) Å | T = 295 K |
c = 9.2474 (6) Å | 0.33 × 0.22 × 0.03 mm |
β = 100.209 (6)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini diffractometer | 3430 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 2107 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.983, Tmax = 0.998 | Rint = 0.079 |
12970 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.070 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.192 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.21 e Å−3 |
3430 reflections | Δρmin = −0.18 e Å−3 |
167 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 | ||
C1 | 0.19951 (16) | 0.4402 (5) | −0.0180 (3) | 0.0468 (9) | |
C2 | 0.14244 (17) | 0.3963 (5) | 0.0076 (4) | 0.0515 (9) | |
C3 | 0.09535 (16) | 0.5225 (6) | −0.0511 (4) | 0.0567 (10) | |
H3 | 0.0565 | 0.4918 | −0.0368 | 0.068* | |
C4 | 0.10472 (18) | 0.6947 (6) | −0.1314 (4) | 0.0600 (10) | |
C5 | 0.16235 (19) | 0.7348 (7) | −0.1540 (4) | 0.0645 (11) | |
H5 | 0.1695 | 0.8486 | −0.2077 | 0.077* | |
C6 | 0.20935 (17) | 0.6099 (6) | −0.0986 (4) | 0.0545 (10) | |
H6 | 0.248 | 0.6389 | −0.1151 | 0.065* | |
C7 | 0.27622 (16) | 0.2919 (5) | 0.1727 (4) | 0.0492 (9) | |
C8 | 0.32400 (15) | 0.1339 (5) | 0.2078 (4) | 0.0465 (9) | |
C9 | 0.32238 (18) | −0.0436 (6) | 0.1290 (4) | 0.0679 (11) | |
H9 | 0.2925 | −0.0637 | 0.0469 | 0.081* | |
C10 | 0.3653 (2) | −0.1920 (6) | 0.1721 (5) | 0.0699 (12) | |
H10 | 0.363 | −0.3127 | 0.1195 | 0.084* | |
C11 | 0.41057 (18) | −0.1669 (6) | 0.2888 (5) | 0.0674 (12) | |
C12 | 0.41121 (17) | 0.0115 (7) | 0.3662 (4) | 0.0702 (11) | |
H12 | 0.4417 | 0.0333 | 0.4467 | 0.084* | |
C13 | 0.36811 (16) | 0.1577 (6) | 0.3279 (4) | 0.0596 (11) | |
H13 | 0.369 | 0.2745 | 0.3844 | 0.072* | |
C14 | 0.13012 (19) | 0.2119 (6) | 0.0952 (5) | 0.0733 (12) | |
H14A | 0.1481 | 0.2305 | 0.1965 | 0.11* | |
H14B | 0.1472 | 0.0942 | 0.0573 | 0.11* | |
H14C | 0.0873 | 0.1942 | 0.0872 | 0.11* | |
C15 | 0.0514 (2) | 0.8274 (7) | −0.1942 (5) | 0.0921 (16) | |
H15A | 0.0653 | 0.9622 | −0.2082 | 0.138* | |
H15B | 0.0233 | 0.8306 | −0.1274 | 0.138* | |
H15C | 0.0319 | 0.7733 | −0.2869 | 0.138* | |
C16 | 0.4581 (2) | −0.3282 (7) | 0.3361 (6) | 0.1064 (17) | |
H16A | 0.4485 | −0.4471 | 0.2769 | 0.16* | |
H16B | 0.459 | −0.3615 | 0.4375 | 0.16* | |
H16C | 0.497 | −0.2779 | 0.3239 | 0.16* | |
N1 | 0.24865 (13) | 0.3076 (4) | 0.0336 (3) | 0.0561 (8) | |
H1N | 0.2615 | 0.232 | −0.0301 | 0.067* | |
O1 | 0.26376 (11) | 0.4035 (4) | 0.2695 (3) | 0.0578 (7) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.056 (2) | 0.056 (2) | 0.0281 (19) | 0.0081 (18) | 0.0065 (16) | −0.0041 (17) |
C2 | 0.069 (3) | 0.055 (2) | 0.029 (2) | 0.0028 (19) | 0.0041 (17) | −0.0007 (17) |
C3 | 0.058 (2) | 0.066 (3) | 0.043 (2) | −0.005 (2) | 0.0023 (17) | −0.005 (2) |
C4 | 0.067 (3) | 0.052 (3) | 0.056 (3) | 0.007 (2) | −0.0004 (19) | 0.000 (2) |
C5 | 0.080 (3) | 0.056 (2) | 0.057 (3) | −0.003 (2) | 0.010 (2) | 0.008 (2) |
C6 | 0.063 (2) | 0.056 (2) | 0.044 (2) | −0.013 (2) | 0.0079 (17) | −0.0021 (19) |
C7 | 0.067 (2) | 0.056 (2) | 0.026 (2) | −0.0060 (17) | 0.0125 (17) | −0.0031 (18) |
C8 | 0.056 (2) | 0.050 (2) | 0.035 (2) | −0.0034 (15) | 0.0135 (17) | 0.0004 (17) |
C9 | 0.087 (3) | 0.059 (3) | 0.053 (3) | 0.005 (2) | 0.002 (2) | −0.003 (2) |
C10 | 0.090 (3) | 0.051 (3) | 0.068 (3) | 0.008 (2) | 0.011 (2) | −0.009 (2) |
C11 | 0.068 (3) | 0.049 (3) | 0.087 (3) | 0.006 (2) | 0.016 (2) | 0.013 (2) |
C12 | 0.055 (2) | 0.083 (3) | 0.066 (3) | 0.005 (2) | −0.0048 (19) | −0.001 (2) |
C13 | 0.056 (2) | 0.064 (3) | 0.054 (2) | −0.003 (2) | −0.002 (2) | −0.012 (2) |
C14 | 0.094 (3) | 0.064 (3) | 0.066 (3) | −0.003 (2) | 0.025 (2) | 0.014 (2) |
C15 | 0.089 (3) | 0.091 (4) | 0.094 (4) | 0.021 (3) | 0.010 (3) | 0.018 (3) |
C16 | 0.099 (4) | 0.093 (4) | 0.124 (5) | 0.021 (3) | 0.011 (3) | 0.013 (3) |
N1 | 0.073 (2) | 0.063 (2) | 0.0321 (18) | 0.0104 (17) | 0.0092 (15) | 0.0008 (15) |
O1 | 0.0831 (18) | 0.0566 (14) | 0.0335 (13) | 0.0090 (13) | 0.0096 (12) | −0.0010 (13) |
C1—C2 | 1.377 (5) | C9—H9 | 0.93 |
C1—C6 | 1.385 (5) | C10—C11 | 1.357 (6) |
C1—N1 | 1.424 (4) | C10—H10 | 0.93 |
C2—C3 | 1.381 (5) | C11—C12 | 1.377 (5) |
C2—C14 | 1.514 (5) | C11—C16 | 1.518 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.394 (5) | C12—C13 | 1.370 (5) |
C3—H3 | 0.93 | C12—H12 | 0.93 |
C4—C5 | 1.375 (5) | C13—H13 | 0.93 |
C4—C15 | 1.515 (5) | C14—H14A | 0.96 |
C5—C6 | 1.367 (5) | C14—H14B | 0.96 |
C5—H5 | 0.93 | C14—H14C | 0.96 |
C6—H6 | 0.93 | C15—H15A | 0.96 |
C7—O1 | 1.230 (4) | C15—H15B | 0.96 |
C7—N1 | 1.329 (4) | C15—H15C | 0.96 |
C7—C8 | 1.492 (5) | C16—H16A | 0.96 |
C8—C13 | 1.360 (5) | C16—H16B | 0.96 |
C8—C9 | 1.377 (5) | C16—H16C | 0.96 |
C9—C10 | 1.384 (5) | N1—H1N | 0.86 |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.4 (3) | C10—C11—C12 | 117.1 (4) |
C2—C1—N1 | 120.3 (3) | C10—C11—C16 | 122.4 (4) |
C6—C1—N1 | 119.3 (3) | C12—C11—C16 | 120.6 (4) |
C1—C2—C3 | 118.6 (3) | C13—C12—C11 | 121.8 (4) |
C1—C2—C14 | 121.7 (3) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.1 |
C3—C2—C14 | 119.7 (4) | C11—C12—H12 | 119.1 |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.6 (4) | C8—C13—C12 | 120.7 (4) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.2 | C8—C13—H13 | 119.7 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.2 | C12—C13—H13 | 119.7 |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.3 (3) | C2—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C15 | 122.2 (4) | C2—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C15 | 119.5 (4) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.9 (4) | C2—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.5 | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.5 | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.2 (4) | C4—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.9 | C4—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.9 | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
O1—C7—N1 | 122.0 (3) | C4—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O1—C7—C8 | 120.6 (3) | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
N1—C7—C8 | 117.4 (3) | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C9 | 118.5 (3) | C11—C16—H16A | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C7 | 119.3 (3) | C11—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C9—C8—C7 | 122.0 (3) | H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C8—C9—C10 | 119.9 (4) | C11—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9 | 120.1 | H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C10—C9—H9 | 120.1 | H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C11—C10—C9 | 122.0 (4) | C7—N1—C1 | 125.0 (3) |
C11—C10—H10 | 119 | C7—N1—H1N | 117.5 |
C9—C10—H10 | 119 | C1—N1—H1N | 117.5 |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.3 (5) | N1—C7—C8—C9 | −29.8 (5) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −176.4 (3) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | −0.4 (6) |
C6—C1—C2—C14 | 179.9 (3) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −175.4 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—C14 | 2.2 (5) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −1.8 (7) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.9 (5) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.9 (6) |
C14—C2—C3—C4 | 179.5 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C16 | −179.4 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 1.4 (5) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.1 (6) |
C2—C3—C4—C15 | 179.7 (4) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | −178.6 (4) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −0.3 (6) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 2.3 (6) |
C15—C4—C5—C6 | −178.6 (4) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | 177.4 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −0.2 (6) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −2.2 (6) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.3 (5) | O1—C7—N1—C1 | −5.1 (6) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 177.5 (3) | C8—C7—N1—C1 | 175.7 (3) |
O1—C7—C8—C13 | −24.1 (5) | C2—C1—N1—C7 | −75.0 (4) |
N1—C7—C8—C13 | 155.2 (3) | C6—C1—N1—C7 | 107.3 (4) |
O1—C7—C8—C9 | 150.9 (4) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1n···O1i | 0.86 | 2.07 | 2.884 (4) | 159 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H17NO |
Mr | 239.31 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 22.4974 (17), 6.6033 (2), 9.2474 (6) |
β (°) | 100.209 (6) |
V (Å3) | 1352.02 (14) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.07 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.33 × 0.22 × 0.03 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.983, 0.998 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12970, 3430, 2107 |
Rint | 0.079 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.070, 0.192, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 3430 |
No. of parameters | 167 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.21, −0.18 |
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 | 2.07 | 2.884 (4) | 159 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
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 part of a study of the substituent effects on the crystal structures of benzanilides (Gowda et al., 2003, 2009a,b, 2010), in the present work, the structure of N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide has been determined. In the structure, the N—H and C=O bonds are anti to each other (Fig. 1), similar to those observed in 4-methyl-N-(phenyl)benzamide (Gowda et al., 2010), N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide (Gowda et al., 2009a), N-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)4-methylbenzamide (Gowda et al., 2009b) and the parent benzanilide (Bowes et al., 2003). The benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 75.8 (1) °. The amide group is twisted by 28.1 (3) and 76.3 (2) ° out of the planes of the 4-methylphenyl and 2,4-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. Intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules into chains running along the c axis of the crystal (Fig. 2).