organic compounds
4-Chloro-N-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-methylbenzenesulfonamide
aDepartment of Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri 574 199, Mangalore, India, and bInstitute of Materials Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 23, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: gowdabt@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C13H11Cl2NO2S, the conformations of the N—C bonds in the C—SO2—NH—C segment have gauche torsions with respect to the S=O bonds. Further, the conformation of the N—H bond is syn to the ortho-methyl group in the sulfonyl benzene ring. The torsion angle of the C—SO2—NH—C segment in the molecule is 55.0 (2)°. The two benzene rings are tilted relative to each other by 67.0 (1)°. In the crystal, intermolecular N–H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into infinite column-like chains.
Related literature
For the preparation of the title compound, see: Savitha & Gowda (2006). For our studies of the effect of substituents on the structures of N-(aryl)arylsulfonamides, see: Gowda et al. (2009a,b; 2010). For related structures, see: Gelbrich et al. (2007); Perlovich et al. (2006).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis RED; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810026930/bq2225sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810026930/bq2225Isup2.hkl
The solution of m-chlorotoluene (10 cc) in chloroform (40 cc) was treated dropwise with chlorosulfonic acid (25 cc) at 0 ° C. After the initial evolution of hydrogen chloride subsided, the reaction mixture was brought to room temperature and poured into crushed ice in a beaker. The chloroform layer was separated, washed with cold water and allowed to evaporate slowly. The residual 2-methyl-4-chlorobenzenesulfonylchloride was treated with 4-chloroaniline in the stoichiometric ratio and boiled for ten minutes. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and added to ice cold water (100 cc). The resultant solid 4-chloro-2-methyl-N- (4-chlorophenyl)-benzenesulfonamide was filtered under suction and washed thoroughly with cold water. It was then recrystallized to constant melting point from dilute ethanol. The purity of the compound was checked and characterized by recording its infrared and NMR spectra (Savitha & Gowda, 2006).
The rod like colorless single crystals used in X-ray diffraction studies were grown in ethanolic solution by slow evaporation at room temperature.
The H atom of the NH group was located in a difference map and later restrained to N—H = 0.85 (1) Å. The other H atoms were positioned with idealized geometry using a riding model with C—H = 0.93–0.96 Å. All H atoms were refined with isotropic displacement parameters (set to 1.2 times of the Ueq of the parent atom).
As part of a study of the substituent effects on the crystal structures of N-(aryl)-arylsulfonamides (Gowda et al., 2009a,b; 2010), in the present work, the structure of 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(4-chlorophenyl)benzenesulfonamide (I) has been determined (Fig. 1). The conformations of the N—C bonds in the C—SO2—NH—C segment have gauche torsions with respect to the S═O bonds. Further, the conformation of the N—H bond in the C—SO2—NH—C segment is syn to the ortho-methyl group in the sulfonyl benzene ring.
The torsion angle of the segment C—SO2—NH—C in (I) is 55.0 (2)°, compared to the values of -61.9 (4)° and 69.7 (4)° in the two independent molecules of 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(phenyl)-benzenesulfonamide(II) (Gowda et al., 2009a), 74.8 (4)° in 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(2-chlorophenyl)-benzenesulfonamide (III) (Gowda et al., 2009b) and 80.1 (3)° in 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(3-chlorophenyl)benzenesulfonamide (IV) (Gowda et al., 2010).
The sulfonyl and the aniline benzene rings in (I) are tilted relative to each other by 67.0 (1)°, compared to the values of 86.6 (2)° and 83.0 (2)° in the two independent molecules of (II), 45.5 (2)° in (III) and 70.9 (1)° in (IV).
The other bond parameters in (I) are similar to those observed in (II), (III), (IV) and other aryl
(Perlovich et al., 2006; Gelbrich et al., 2007).In the crystal, the intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules via inversion-related dimers, into infinite column like chains. Part of the
is shown in Fig. 2.For the preparation of the title compound, see: Savitha & Gowda (2006). For our studies of the effect of substituents on the structures of N-(aryl)arylsulfonamides, see: Gowda et al. (2009a,b; 2010). For related structures, see: Gelbrich et al. (2007); Perlovich et al. (2006).
Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell
CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).C13H11Cl2NO2S | F(000) = 648 |
Mr = 316.19 | Dx = 1.459 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 4597 reflections |
a = 9.2696 (5) Å | θ = 2.6–27.9° |
b = 9.8591 (5) Å | µ = 0.59 mm−1 |
c = 15.813 (1) Å | T = 299 K |
β = 95.222 (6)° | Rod, colorless |
V = 1439.15 (14) Å3 | 0.40 × 0.32 × 0.28 mm |
Z = 4 |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire CCD detector | 2938 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2408 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.015 |
Rotation method data acquisition using ω and phi scans | θmax = 26.4°, θmin = 2.6° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | h = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.798, Tmax = 0.852 | k = −12→12 |
9765 measured reflections | l = −19→19 |
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)] = 0.043 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.122 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0617P)2 + 0.6589P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2938 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.016 |
175 parameters | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.42 e Å−3 |
C13H11Cl2NO2S | V = 1439.15 (14) Å3 |
Mr = 316.19 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.2696 (5) Å | µ = 0.59 mm−1 |
b = 9.8591 (5) Å | T = 299 K |
c = 15.813 (1) Å | 0.40 × 0.32 × 0.28 mm |
β = 95.222 (6)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire CCD detector | 2938 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 2408 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.798, Tmax = 0.852 | Rint = 0.015 |
9765 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.122 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.30 e Å−3 |
2938 reflections | Δρmin = −0.42 e Å−3 |
175 parameters |
Experimental. CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009) Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. |
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 | ||
C1 | 0.3936 (2) | 0.0472 (2) | 0.60770 (13) | 0.0447 (5) | |
C2 | 0.3558 (3) | 0.1435 (2) | 0.54392 (14) | 0.0506 (5) | |
C3 | 0.2576 (3) | 0.1023 (3) | 0.47744 (15) | 0.0605 (6) | |
H3 | 0.2302 | 0.1633 | 0.4341 | 0.073* | |
C4 | 0.1994 (3) | −0.0269 (3) | 0.47382 (15) | 0.0578 (6) | |
C5 | 0.2377 (3) | −0.1203 (3) | 0.53603 (16) | 0.0614 (6) | |
H5 | 0.1986 | −0.2072 | 0.5332 | 0.074* | |
C6 | 0.3354 (3) | −0.0827 (2) | 0.60306 (16) | 0.0554 (6) | |
H6 | 0.3625 | −0.1451 | 0.6457 | 0.066* | |
C7 | 0.2731 (2) | 0.1334 (2) | 0.78675 (12) | 0.0438 (5) | |
C8 | 0.2587 (3) | 0.0085 (2) | 0.82521 (18) | 0.0632 (6) | |
H8 | 0.3367 | −0.0511 | 0.8311 | 0.076* | |
C9 | 0.1286 (3) | −0.0271 (3) | 0.85470 (19) | 0.0733 (8) | |
H9 | 0.1179 | −0.1118 | 0.8792 | 0.088* | |
C10 | 0.0148 (3) | 0.0622 (3) | 0.84792 (16) | 0.0640 (7) | |
C11 | 0.0271 (3) | 0.1854 (3) | 0.80905 (16) | 0.0639 (6) | |
H11 | −0.0510 | 0.2449 | 0.8038 | 0.077* | |
C12 | 0.1557 (3) | 0.2203 (2) | 0.77793 (14) | 0.0540 (5) | |
H12 | 0.1638 | 0.3032 | 0.7507 | 0.065* | |
C13 | 0.4155 (3) | 0.2892 (2) | 0.54425 (16) | 0.0620 (6) | |
H13A | 0.5191 | 0.2866 | 0.5449 | 0.074* | |
H13B | 0.3891 | 0.3360 | 0.5938 | 0.074* | |
H13C | 0.3755 | 0.3359 | 0.4942 | 0.074* | |
N1 | 0.4080 (2) | 0.17773 (16) | 0.75967 (12) | 0.0480 (4) | |
H1N | 0.419 (3) | 0.2615 (11) | 0.7493 (15) | 0.058* | |
O1 | 0.54310 (18) | −0.03518 (15) | 0.74327 (11) | 0.0608 (5) | |
O2 | 0.62082 (18) | 0.17858 (17) | 0.68063 (12) | 0.0647 (5) | |
Cl1 | 0.07375 (8) | −0.06943 (10) | 0.39055 (5) | 0.0866 (3) | |
Cl2 | −0.14664 (10) | 0.01749 (11) | 0.88891 (7) | 0.1049 (4) | |
S1 | 0.50716 (6) | 0.08928 (5) | 0.69990 (4) | 0.04710 (18) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0496 (11) | 0.0353 (10) | 0.0493 (11) | 0.0072 (8) | 0.0051 (9) | −0.0033 (8) |
C2 | 0.0611 (13) | 0.0453 (11) | 0.0469 (11) | 0.0087 (10) | 0.0122 (10) | 0.0014 (9) |
C3 | 0.0727 (16) | 0.0628 (15) | 0.0462 (12) | 0.0138 (12) | 0.0067 (11) | 0.0053 (11) |
C4 | 0.0528 (13) | 0.0721 (16) | 0.0485 (12) | 0.0095 (11) | 0.0047 (10) | −0.0154 (11) |
C5 | 0.0651 (15) | 0.0505 (13) | 0.0676 (15) | −0.0028 (11) | 0.0009 (12) | −0.0119 (11) |
C6 | 0.0657 (14) | 0.0378 (11) | 0.0614 (14) | 0.0029 (10) | −0.0013 (11) | −0.0011 (10) |
C7 | 0.0594 (12) | 0.0331 (9) | 0.0378 (10) | −0.0032 (9) | −0.0008 (9) | −0.0051 (8) |
C8 | 0.0736 (16) | 0.0394 (12) | 0.0773 (16) | 0.0034 (11) | 0.0120 (13) | 0.0088 (11) |
C9 | 0.097 (2) | 0.0469 (14) | 0.0788 (18) | −0.0168 (14) | 0.0209 (15) | 0.0040 (13) |
C10 | 0.0672 (15) | 0.0653 (16) | 0.0602 (14) | −0.0184 (13) | 0.0099 (12) | −0.0189 (12) |
C11 | 0.0607 (14) | 0.0665 (16) | 0.0634 (15) | 0.0036 (12) | 0.0000 (11) | −0.0088 (12) |
C12 | 0.0679 (14) | 0.0436 (12) | 0.0493 (12) | 0.0048 (10) | −0.0019 (10) | 0.0004 (9) |
C13 | 0.0809 (17) | 0.0437 (12) | 0.0613 (14) | 0.0034 (11) | 0.0059 (12) | 0.0148 (11) |
N1 | 0.0615 (11) | 0.0253 (8) | 0.0569 (10) | −0.0020 (7) | 0.0044 (8) | −0.0027 (7) |
O1 | 0.0686 (11) | 0.0367 (8) | 0.0735 (11) | 0.0115 (7) | −0.0136 (8) | 0.0025 (7) |
O2 | 0.0521 (9) | 0.0510 (9) | 0.0914 (13) | −0.0034 (7) | 0.0080 (8) | −0.0011 (9) |
Cl1 | 0.0733 (5) | 0.1143 (7) | 0.0691 (4) | 0.0115 (4) | −0.0096 (3) | −0.0264 (4) |
Cl2 | 0.0898 (6) | 0.1106 (7) | 0.1198 (7) | −0.0418 (5) | 0.0403 (5) | −0.0334 (6) |
S1 | 0.0496 (3) | 0.0310 (3) | 0.0596 (3) | 0.0042 (2) | −0.0010 (2) | −0.0008 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.389 (3) | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.406 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.370 (4) |
C1—S1 | 1.768 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.387 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.371 (4) |
C2—C13 | 1.540 (3) | C10—Cl2 | 1.741 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.383 (4) | C11—C12 | 1.374 (3) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.370 (4) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C4—Cl1 | 1.728 (2) | C13—H13A | 0.9600 |
C5—C6 | 1.381 (3) | C13—H13B | 0.9600 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C13—H13C | 0.9600 |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | N1—S1 | 1.6299 (19) |
C7—C12 | 1.382 (3) | N1—H1N | 0.850 (10) |
C7—C8 | 1.385 (3) | O1—S1 | 1.4302 (15) |
C7—N1 | 1.426 (3) | O2—S1 | 1.4271 (17) |
C8—C9 | 1.378 (4) | ||
C6—C1—C2 | 121.0 (2) | C8—C9—H9 | 120.0 |
C6—C1—S1 | 117.35 (17) | C9—C10—C11 | 120.7 (2) |
C2—C1—S1 | 121.56 (17) | C9—C10—Cl2 | 119.3 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 116.7 (2) | C11—C10—Cl2 | 120.0 (2) |
C3—C2—C13 | 119.1 (2) | C10—C11—C12 | 119.5 (2) |
C1—C2—C13 | 124.2 (2) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.2 |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.9 (2) | C12—C11—H11 | 120.2 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.1 | C11—C12—C7 | 120.6 (2) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.1 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
C5—C4—C3 | 121.0 (2) | C7—C12—H12 | 119.7 |
C5—C4—Cl1 | 119.8 (2) | C2—C13—H13A | 109.5 |
C3—C4—Cl1 | 119.2 (2) | C2—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—C6 | 118.7 (2) | H13A—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.7 | C2—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.7 | H13A—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.8 (2) | H13B—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C7—N1—S1 | 124.49 (13) |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C7—N1—H1N | 118.8 (17) |
C12—C7—C8 | 119.3 (2) | S1—N1—H1N | 108.8 (17) |
C12—C7—N1 | 118.93 (19) | O2—S1—O1 | 119.17 (11) |
C8—C7—N1 | 121.7 (2) | O2—S1—N1 | 105.07 (10) |
C9—C8—C7 | 119.8 (2) | O1—S1—N1 | 107.46 (10) |
C9—C8—H8 | 120.1 | O2—S1—C1 | 111.38 (11) |
C7—C8—H8 | 120.1 | O1—S1—C1 | 106.80 (10) |
C10—C9—C8 | 120.1 (2) | N1—S1—C1 | 106.20 (10) |
C10—C9—H9 | 120.0 | ||
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.5 (3) | C8—C9—C10—Cl2 | −177.8 (2) |
S1—C1—C2—C3 | −175.33 (17) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.1 (4) |
C6—C1—C2—C13 | −180.0 (2) | Cl2—C10—C11—C12 | 179.15 (19) |
S1—C1—C2—C13 | 4.2 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C7 | −1.1 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.0 (3) | C8—C7—C12—C11 | 1.9 (3) |
C13—C2—C3—C4 | −179.5 (2) | N1—C7—C12—C11 | −175.1 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.4 (4) | C12—C7—N1—S1 | −131.68 (18) |
C2—C3—C4—Cl1 | 178.18 (18) | C8—C7—N1—S1 | 51.4 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.3 (4) | C7—N1—S1—O2 | 173.07 (17) |
Cl1—C4—C5—C6 | −178.28 (19) | C7—N1—S1—O1 | −59.06 (19) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 0.2 (4) | C7—N1—S1—C1 | 54.95 (19) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.6 (4) | C6—C1—S1—O2 | 145.42 (18) |
S1—C1—C6—C5 | 175.39 (19) | C2—C1—S1—O2 | −38.6 (2) |
C12—C7—C8—C9 | −0.5 (4) | C6—C1—S1—O1 | 13.7 (2) |
N1—C7—C8—C9 | 176.4 (2) | C2—C1—S1—O1 | −170.27 (18) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | −1.6 (4) | C6—C1—S1—N1 | −100.72 (18) |
C8—C9—C10—C11 | 2.5 (4) | C2—C1—S1—N1 | 75.27 (19) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.85 (1) | 2.04 (1) | 2.868 (2) | 166 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C13H11Cl2NO2S |
Mr | 316.19 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 299 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.2696 (5), 9.8591 (5), 15.813 (1) |
β (°) | 95.222 (6) |
V (Å3) | 1439.15 (14) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.59 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.40 × 0.32 × 0.28 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire CCD detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.798, 0.852 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9765, 2938, 2408 |
Rint | 0.015 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.625 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.043, 0.122, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 2938 |
No. of parameters | 175 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.30, −0.42 |
Computer programs: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.850 (10) | 2.036 (11) | 2.868 (2) | 166 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2. |
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As part of a study of the substituent effects on the crystal structures of N-(aryl)-arylsulfonamides (Gowda et al., 2009a,b; 2010), in the present work, the structure of 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(4-chlorophenyl)benzenesulfonamide (I) has been determined (Fig. 1). The conformations of the N—C bonds in the C—SO2—NH—C segment have gauche torsions with respect to the S═O bonds. Further, the conformation of the N—H bond in the C—SO2—NH—C segment is syn to the ortho-methyl group in the sulfonyl benzene ring.
The torsion angle of the segment C—SO2—NH—C in (I) is 55.0 (2)°, compared to the values of -61.9 (4)° and 69.7 (4)° in the two independent molecules of 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(phenyl)-benzenesulfonamide(II) (Gowda et al., 2009a), 74.8 (4)° in 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(2-chlorophenyl)-benzenesulfonamide (III) (Gowda et al., 2009b) and 80.1 (3)° in 4-chloro-2-methyl-N-(3-chlorophenyl)benzenesulfonamide (IV) (Gowda et al., 2010).
The sulfonyl and the aniline benzene rings in (I) are tilted relative to each other by 67.0 (1)°, compared to the values of 86.6 (2)° and 83.0 (2)° in the two independent molecules of (II), 45.5 (2)° in (III) and 70.9 (1)° in (IV).
The other bond parameters in (I) are similar to those observed in (II), (III), (IV) and other aryl sulfonamides (Perlovich et al., 2006; Gelbrich et al., 2007).
In the crystal, the intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules via inversion-related dimers, into infinite column like chains. Part of the crystal structure is shown in Fig. 2.