organic compounds
2-Chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)benzamide
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, C15H14ClNO, the N—H and C=O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other. The amide group is inclined at 60.3 (1)° to the chloro-substituted benzoyl ring and at 59.2 (1)° to the dimethyl-substituted aniline ring. The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1)°. In the molecules are linked by intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [010].
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For the preparation of the title compound, see: Gowda, Jyothi et al. (2003). For related structures, see: Gowda, Foro et al. (2008, 2009); Gowda, Jyothi et al. (2003); Gowda, Tokarčík et al. (2009). For a review of halogen bonding, see: Fourmigué (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
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810024943/tk2683sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810024943/tk2683Isup2.hkl
The title compound was prepared according to the literature method (Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003). Plate-like colorless single crystals of (I) were obtained from an ethanolic solution held at room temperature.
All H atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model, including
about the Caromatic–Cmethyl bond, with C–H = 0.93 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).To explore the effect of substituents on the structures of benzanilides (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008, 2009; Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003; Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009), in the present work, the structure of 2-chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)-benzamide (I) has been determined The N—H and C═O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other (Fig.1), similar to that observed in 2-chloro-N-(phenyl)-benzamide (II) (Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003), N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)- benzamide (III) (Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009), 2-chloro-N-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-benzamide (IV) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008), and 2-chloro-N-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)- benzamide (V) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2009).
The molecular structure of (I) includes a short intramolecular Cl1···O1 contact of 3.1837 (16) Å, which can be interpreted within the concept of halogen bonding (Fourmigué, 2009). The central amide group –NHCO– is inclined at 60.3 (1) ° to the benzoyl ring (C2–C7) and at 59.2 (1) ° to the anilino ring (C8–C13). The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1) °. The crystal packing (Fig. 2) is dominated by intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) which link the molecules into the chains extending along the b axis.
For the preparation of the title compound, see: Gowda, Jyothi et al. (2003). For related structures, see: Gowda, Foro et al. (2008, 2009); Gowda, Jyothi et al. (2003); Gowda, Tokarčík et al. (2009). For a review on halogen bonding, see: Fourmigué (2009).
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).C15H14ClNO | F(000) = 544 |
Mr = 259.72 | Dx = 1.335 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 11536 reflections |
a = 13.0108 (5) Å | θ = 2.0–29.4° |
b = 4.9970 (1) Å | µ = 0.28 mm−1 |
c = 22.6241 (9) Å | T = 295 K |
β = 118.553 (4)° | Plate, colorless |
V = 1292.01 (9) Å3 | 0.54 × 0.43 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 4 |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD diffractometer | 2293 independent reflections |
Graphite monochromator | 1959 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 10.434 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.027 |
ω scans | θmax = 25.1°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: analytical (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | h = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.861, Tmax = 0.985 | k = −5→5 |
20701 measured reflections | l = −26→26 |
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)] = 0.039 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.06 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0467P)2 + 0.5282P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2293 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
166 parameters | Δρmax = 0.20 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
C15H14ClNO | V = 1292.01 (9) Å3 |
Mr = 259.72 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 13.0108 (5) Å | µ = 0.28 mm−1 |
b = 4.9970 (1) Å | T = 295 K |
c = 22.6241 (9) Å | 0.54 × 0.43 × 0.05 mm |
β = 118.553 (4)° |
Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD diffractometer | 2293 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: analytical (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) | 1959 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.861, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.027 |
20701 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.039 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.102 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.20 e Å−3 |
2293 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
166 parameters |
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 | 0.44821 (16) | 0.5493 (3) | 0.33073 (9) | 0.0402 (4) | |
C2 | 0.32436 (15) | 0.4698 (3) | 0.28284 (9) | 0.0377 (4) | |
C3 | 0.22925 (17) | 0.5896 (4) | 0.28448 (9) | 0.0422 (4) | |
C4 | 0.11586 (17) | 0.5209 (4) | 0.23906 (10) | 0.0525 (5) | |
H4 | 0.0534 | 0.6029 | 0.2411 | 0.063* | |
C5 | 0.09558 (18) | 0.3309 (4) | 0.19085 (11) | 0.0552 (5) | |
H5 | 0.0192 | 0.2849 | 0.16 | 0.066* | |
C6 | 0.18775 (18) | 0.2085 (4) | 0.18810 (10) | 0.0525 (5) | |
H6 | 0.1737 | 0.0797 | 0.1554 | 0.063* | |
C7 | 0.30116 (17) | 0.2768 (4) | 0.23385 (9) | 0.0449 (4) | |
H7 | 0.3631 | 0.1922 | 0.2318 | 0.054* | |
C8 | 0.63848 (15) | 0.3676 (3) | 0.41456 (9) | 0.0392 (4) | |
C9 | 0.68395 (16) | 0.5350 (3) | 0.47093 (9) | 0.0411 (4) | |
C10 | 0.80539 (17) | 0.5320 (4) | 0.51345 (9) | 0.0463 (5) | |
C11 | 0.87516 (17) | 0.3630 (4) | 0.49984 (10) | 0.0523 (5) | |
H11 | 0.9555 | 0.3622 | 0.5285 | 0.063* | |
C12 | 0.82881 (18) | 0.1955 (4) | 0.44484 (11) | 0.0538 (5) | |
H12 | 0.8772 | 0.081 | 0.4368 | 0.065* | |
C13 | 0.71009 (17) | 0.1991 (4) | 0.40184 (10) | 0.0475 (5) | |
H13 | 0.678 | 0.0882 | 0.3642 | 0.057* | |
C14 | 0.6071 (2) | 0.7104 (4) | 0.48782 (11) | 0.0550 (5) | |
H14A | 0.6218 | 0.895 | 0.4827 | 0.083* | |
H14B | 0.6242 | 0.6781 | 0.5335 | 0.083* | |
H14C | 0.5264 | 0.6697 | 0.458 | 0.083* | |
C15 | 0.8603 (2) | 0.7101 (5) | 0.57434 (11) | 0.0662 (6) | |
H15A | 0.8367 | 0.8919 | 0.5611 | 0.099* | |
H15B | 0.9439 | 0.6972 | 0.5947 | 0.099* | |
H15C | 0.8353 | 0.6549 | 0.6061 | 0.099* | |
N1 | 0.51508 (13) | 0.3484 (3) | 0.36925 (8) | 0.0424 (4) | |
H1N | 0.4817 | 0.1971 | 0.3666 | 0.051* | |
O1 | 0.48384 (12) | 0.7779 (3) | 0.33335 (7) | 0.0546 (4) | |
Cl1 | 0.25124 (5) | 0.82447 (11) | 0.34617 (3) | 0.0650 (2) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0486 (11) | 0.0274 (9) | 0.0474 (10) | −0.0033 (8) | 0.0252 (9) | −0.0017 (8) |
C2 | 0.0446 (10) | 0.0279 (9) | 0.0409 (9) | −0.0020 (7) | 0.0206 (8) | 0.0043 (7) |
C3 | 0.0518 (11) | 0.0332 (9) | 0.0453 (10) | 0.0006 (8) | 0.0262 (9) | 0.0016 (8) |
C4 | 0.0452 (12) | 0.0519 (12) | 0.0599 (12) | 0.0072 (9) | 0.0249 (10) | 0.0069 (10) |
C5 | 0.0457 (11) | 0.0538 (13) | 0.0517 (12) | −0.0018 (9) | 0.0117 (9) | 0.0014 (10) |
C6 | 0.0592 (13) | 0.0467 (11) | 0.0424 (10) | −0.0030 (10) | 0.0167 (10) | −0.0061 (9) |
C7 | 0.0496 (11) | 0.0388 (10) | 0.0474 (11) | 0.0016 (8) | 0.0241 (9) | −0.0004 (8) |
C8 | 0.0423 (10) | 0.0290 (9) | 0.0431 (10) | −0.0061 (7) | 0.0179 (8) | 0.0023 (7) |
C9 | 0.0521 (11) | 0.0304 (9) | 0.0419 (10) | −0.0070 (8) | 0.0233 (9) | 0.0028 (7) |
C10 | 0.0532 (12) | 0.0390 (10) | 0.0389 (10) | −0.0133 (9) | 0.0157 (9) | 0.0054 (8) |
C11 | 0.0420 (11) | 0.0554 (12) | 0.0517 (12) | −0.0055 (9) | 0.0161 (9) | 0.0097 (10) |
C12 | 0.0505 (12) | 0.0530 (12) | 0.0619 (13) | 0.0040 (10) | 0.0301 (11) | 0.0035 (10) |
C13 | 0.0523 (12) | 0.0400 (10) | 0.0489 (11) | −0.0034 (9) | 0.0232 (10) | −0.0050 (8) |
C14 | 0.0676 (13) | 0.0505 (12) | 0.0531 (12) | −0.0021 (10) | 0.0339 (11) | −0.0029 (10) |
C15 | 0.0742 (16) | 0.0584 (14) | 0.0483 (12) | −0.0178 (12) | 0.0150 (11) | −0.0045 (10) |
N1 | 0.0448 (9) | 0.0248 (7) | 0.0513 (9) | −0.0071 (6) | 0.0178 (7) | 0.0000 (6) |
O1 | 0.0565 (8) | 0.0259 (7) | 0.0734 (10) | −0.0080 (6) | 0.0245 (7) | 0.0035 (6) |
Cl1 | 0.0793 (4) | 0.0553 (4) | 0.0724 (4) | −0.0015 (3) | 0.0458 (3) | −0.0180 (3) |
C1—O1 | 1.224 (2) | C9—C10 | 1.403 (3) |
C1—N1 | 1.341 (2) | C9—C14 | 1.510 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.503 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.378 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.389 (3) | C10—C15 | 1.503 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.391 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.377 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.379 (3) | C11—H11 | 0.93 |
C3—Cl1 | 1.7395 (19) | C12—C13 | 1.377 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.373 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.93 |
C4—H4 | 0.93 | C13—H13 | 0.93 |
C5—C6 | 1.374 (3) | C14—H14A | 0.96 |
C5—H5 | 0.93 | C14—H14B | 0.96 |
C6—C7 | 1.380 (3) | C14—H14C | 0.96 |
C6—H6 | 0.93 | C15—H15A | 0.96 |
C7—H7 | 0.93 | C15—H15B | 0.96 |
C8—C13 | 1.384 (3) | C15—H15C | 0.96 |
C8—C9 | 1.398 (2) | N1—H1N | 0.86 |
C8—N1 | 1.437 (2) | ||
O1—C1—N1 | 123.65 (17) | C11—C10—C9 | 119.96 (18) |
O1—C1—C2 | 122.16 (16) | C11—C10—C15 | 119.49 (19) |
N1—C1—C2 | 114.18 (14) | C9—C10—C15 | 120.54 (19) |
C7—C2—C3 | 117.59 (17) | C12—C11—C10 | 121.59 (19) |
C7—C2—C1 | 120.52 (16) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.2 |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.87 (16) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.2 |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.45 (17) | C11—C12—C13 | 119.30 (19) |
C4—C3—Cl1 | 118.23 (15) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.3 |
C2—C3—Cl1 | 120.29 (14) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.3 |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.67 (19) | C12—C13—C8 | 120.01 (18) |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.2 | C12—C13—H13 | 120 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.2 | C8—C13—H13 | 120 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.22 (19) | C9—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C9—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 119.95 (19) | C9—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 120 | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C7—C6—H6 | 120 | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C6—C7—C2 | 121.11 (18) | C10—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.4 | C10—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C2—C7—H7 | 119.4 | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C9 | 121.34 (17) | C10—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C13—C8—N1 | 116.40 (16) | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C9—C8—N1 | 122.15 (16) | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C8—C9—C10 | 117.77 (17) | C1—N1—C8 | 124.77 (14) |
C8—C9—C14 | 122.37 (17) | C1—N1—H1N | 117.6 |
C10—C9—C14 | 119.85 (17) | C8—N1—H1N | 117.6 |
O1—C1—C2—C7 | 118.6 (2) | C13—C8—C9—C14 | −176.88 (17) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | −60.8 (2) | N1—C8—C9—C14 | −0.9 (3) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −59.7 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −1.6 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | 120.86 (19) | C14—C9—C10—C11 | 177.02 (17) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | −0.3 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C15 | 179.05 (17) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 178.06 (17) | C14—C9—C10—C15 | −2.4 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—Cl1 | 177.75 (13) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.3 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—Cl1 | −3.9 (2) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | 179.72 (19) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.2 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.9 (3) |
Cl1—C3—C4—C5 | −178.28 (16) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −0.8 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.4 (3) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −0.5 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.1 (3) | N1—C8—C13—C12 | −176.75 (17) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | −0.4 (3) | O1—C1—N1—C8 | −5.1 (3) |
C3—C2—C7—C6 | 0.6 (3) | C2—C1—N1—C8 | 174.31 (16) |
C1—C2—C7—C6 | −177.78 (17) | C13—C8—N1—C1 | −119.2 (2) |
C13—C8—C9—C10 | 1.7 (3) | C9—C8—N1—C1 | 64.6 (2) |
N1—C8—C9—C10 | 177.69 (15) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O1i | 0.86 | 2.23 | 2.9388 (19) | 140 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, y−1, z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H14ClNO |
Mr | 259.72 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 13.0108 (5), 4.9970 (1), 22.6241 (9) |
β (°) | 118.553 (4) |
V (Å3) | 1292.01 (9) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.28 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.54 × 0.43 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Gemini R CCD |
Absorption correction | Analytical (CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.861, 0.985 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 20701, 2293, 1959 |
Rint | 0.027 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.597 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.039, 0.102, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 2293 |
No. of parameters | 166 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.20, −0.20 |
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 | 2.23 | 2.9388 (19) | 140 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, y−1, 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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To explore the effect of substituents on the structures of benzanilides (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008, 2009; Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003; Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009), in the present work, the structure of 2-chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)-benzamide (I) has been determined The N—H and C═O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other (Fig.1), similar to that observed in 2-chloro-N-(phenyl)-benzamide (II) (Gowda, Jyothi et al., 2003), N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)- benzamide (III) (Gowda, Tokarčík et al., 2009), 2-chloro-N-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-benzamide (IV) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2008), and 2-chloro-N-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)- benzamide (V) (Gowda, Foro et al., 2009).
The molecular structure of (I) includes a short intramolecular Cl1···O1 contact of 3.1837 (16) Å, which can be interpreted within the concept of halogen bonding (Fourmigué, 2009). The central amide group –NHCO– is inclined at 60.3 (1) ° to the benzoyl ring (C2–C7) and at 59.2 (1) ° to the anilino ring (C8–C13). The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1) °. The crystal packing (Fig. 2) is dominated by intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) which link the molecules into the chains extending along the b axis.