organic compounds
2-[(E)-(2,3-Dimethylphenyl)iminomethyl]phenol
aDepartment of Physics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan, bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan, and cInstitute of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
*Correspondence e-mail: dmntahir_uos@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C15H15NO, the almost planar 2,3-dimethylaniline unit and the salicylaldehyde group (r.m.s. deviations of 0.0156 and 0.0109 Å, respectively) are oriented at a dihedral angle of 43.69 (9)° with respect to each other. An S(6) ring motif is formed due to intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonding. In the crystal, C—H⋯π interactions occur between the 2,3-dimethylaniline unit and the salicylaldehyde group, where the CH is from the o-methyl group.
Related literature
For background to et al. (2010a,b); Tariq et al. (2010). For graph-set notation, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
synthesized from 2,3-dimethylaniline and for related structures, see: TahirExperimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810033398/bq2232sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810033398/bq2232Isup2.hkl
Equimolar quantities of 2,3-dimethylaniline and salicylaldehyde were refluxed in methanol for 45 min. The resulting solution was kept at room temperature which afforded colorless needles of (I) after 72 h.
The H-atoms were positioned geometrically (O–H = 0.82, C–H = 0.93–0.96 Å) and refined as riding with Uiso(H) = xUeq(C), where x = 1.5 for methyl and x = 1.2 for all other H-atoms. In the absence of significant
factor, Friedal pairs were merged.We have reported crystal structures of
synthesized from 2,3-dimethylaniline (Tahir et al., 2010a, 2010b), (Tariq et al., 2010) and in continuation of this work, we report herein the structure and synthesis of the title compound (I, Fig. 1). The title compound has been synthesized for the preparation of different organometallic compounds.In (I), the 2,3-dimethylaniline moiety A (C1–C8/N1) and the group B (C9—C15/O1) of salicylaldehyde are planar with r.m.s. deviations of 0.0156 and 0.0109 Å, respectively. The dihedral angle between A/B is 43.69 (9)°. The title molecule essentially consists of monomers. In the title molecule an S(6) ring motif (Bernstein et al., 1995) is formed due to intramolecular H-bonding of O—H···N type (Table 1, Fig. 1). There exist C—H···π interaction (Table 1) which plays important role in stabilizing the molecules.
For background to
synthesized from2,3-dimethylaniline and for related structures, see: Tahir et al. (2010a,b); Tariq et al. (2010). For graph-set notation, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. View of the title compound with the atom numbering scheme. The thermal ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probability level. The dotted line represents the intramolecular H-bonding. |
C15H15NO | F(000) = 480 |
Mr = 225.28 | Dx = 1.203 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 687 reflections |
a = 7.5641 (7) Å | θ = 2.3–25.2° |
b = 12.5889 (13) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
c = 13.0643 (14) Å | T = 296 K |
V = 1244.0 (2) Å3 | Needle, colorless |
Z = 4 | 0.32 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1316 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 687 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.085 |
Detector resolution: 8.1 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 25.2°, θmin = 2.3° |
ω scans | h = −9→8 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | k = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.980, Tmax = 0.985 | l = −15→15 |
9729 measured reflections |
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)] = 0.078 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.157 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.11 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0624P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1316 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
157 parameters | Δρmax = 0.11 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
C15H15NO | V = 1244.0 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 225.28 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.5641 (7) Å | µ = 0.08 mm−1 |
b = 12.5889 (13) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 13.0643 (14) Å | 0.32 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm |
Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1316 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | 687 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.980, Tmax = 0.985 | Rint = 0.085 |
9729 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.078 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.157 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.11 | Δρmax = 0.11 e Å−3 |
1316 reflections | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
157 parameters |
Geometry. Bond distances, angles etc. have been calculated using the rounded fractional coordinates. All su's are estimated from the variances of the (full) variance-covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account in the estimation of distances, angles and torsion angles |
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 | ||
O1 | −0.1515 (5) | 0.5069 (3) | 0.2310 (3) | 0.0897 (19) | |
N1 | −0.0156 (5) | 0.3687 (4) | 0.1080 (3) | 0.0627 (17) | |
C1 | 0.0128 (6) | 0.3279 (4) | 0.0080 (4) | 0.056 (2) | |
C2 | 0.0758 (6) | 0.3945 (5) | −0.0690 (5) | 0.059 (2) | |
C3 | 0.0952 (6) | 0.3556 (5) | −0.1668 (4) | 0.065 (2) | |
C4 | 0.0551 (7) | 0.2503 (6) | −0.1881 (5) | 0.077 (3) | |
C5 | −0.0066 (7) | 0.1849 (5) | −0.1113 (5) | 0.083 (3) | |
C6 | −0.0298 (7) | 0.2231 (5) | −0.0142 (5) | 0.072 (2) | |
C7 | 0.1219 (8) | 0.5080 (4) | −0.0424 (5) | 0.088 (3) | |
C8 | 0.1642 (9) | 0.4236 (5) | −0.2532 (4) | 0.106 (3) | |
C9 | 0.0214 (6) | 0.3121 (4) | 0.1866 (4) | 0.064 (2) | |
C10 | −0.0210 (7) | 0.3453 (4) | 0.2888 (4) | 0.061 (2) | |
C11 | 0.0197 (8) | 0.2804 (5) | 0.3715 (4) | 0.081 (2) | |
C12 | −0.0244 (10) | 0.3084 (6) | 0.4696 (5) | 0.095 (3) | |
C13 | −0.1103 (10) | 0.4022 (7) | 0.4868 (6) | 0.097 (3) | |
C14 | −0.1526 (7) | 0.4687 (5) | 0.4063 (6) | 0.088 (3) | |
C15 | −0.1088 (7) | 0.4403 (5) | 0.3083 (5) | 0.068 (3) | |
H1 | −0.11767 | 0.48168 | 0.17655 | 0.1075* | |
H4 | 0.06981 | 0.22390 | −0.25406 | 0.0926* | |
H5 | −0.03254 | 0.11425 | −0.12564 | 0.0997* | |
H6 | −0.07406 | 0.17895 | 0.03678 | 0.0859* | |
H7A | 0.24802 | 0.51622 | −0.04157 | 0.1311* | |
H7B | 0.07492 | 0.52507 | 0.02387 | 0.1311* | |
H7C | 0.07187 | 0.55492 | −0.09262 | 0.1311* | |
H8A | 0.08868 | 0.48428 | −0.26179 | 0.1586* | |
H8B | 0.16581 | 0.38290 | −0.31528 | 0.1586* | |
H8C | 0.28187 | 0.44699 | −0.23737 | 0.1586* | |
H9 | 0.07767 | 0.24716 | 0.17715 | 0.0767* | |
H11 | 0.07817 | 0.21654 | 0.36011 | 0.0969* | |
H12 | 0.00398 | 0.26397 | 0.52398 | 0.1147* | |
H13 | −0.14067 | 0.42136 | 0.55328 | 0.1166* | |
H14 | −0.21052 | 0.53261 | 0.41862 | 0.1054* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.084 (3) | 0.075 (3) | 0.110 (4) | 0.023 (3) | 0.003 (3) | −0.009 (3) |
N1 | 0.049 (3) | 0.061 (3) | 0.078 (3) | −0.008 (2) | 0.003 (3) | −0.001 (3) |
C1 | 0.038 (3) | 0.050 (4) | 0.081 (4) | −0.001 (3) | −0.005 (3) | −0.001 (3) |
C2 | 0.045 (3) | 0.057 (4) | 0.075 (4) | −0.002 (3) | −0.009 (3) | 0.010 (4) |
C3 | 0.052 (3) | 0.071 (5) | 0.073 (4) | 0.001 (3) | −0.015 (3) | 0.018 (4) |
C4 | 0.071 (4) | 0.083 (5) | 0.077 (4) | 0.005 (3) | −0.009 (3) | −0.015 (4) |
C5 | 0.078 (4) | 0.071 (5) | 0.101 (5) | −0.011 (4) | 0.004 (4) | −0.010 (4) |
C6 | 0.071 (4) | 0.063 (4) | 0.081 (4) | −0.012 (3) | 0.009 (3) | 0.005 (3) |
C7 | 0.084 (4) | 0.057 (4) | 0.122 (5) | −0.011 (4) | −0.007 (4) | 0.015 (4) |
C8 | 0.118 (6) | 0.113 (6) | 0.086 (5) | −0.006 (5) | −0.005 (4) | 0.019 (4) |
C9 | 0.049 (3) | 0.056 (4) | 0.087 (4) | 0.001 (3) | 0.005 (3) | −0.003 (4) |
C10 | 0.055 (3) | 0.057 (4) | 0.071 (4) | −0.003 (3) | 0.004 (3) | −0.005 (3) |
C11 | 0.090 (4) | 0.066 (4) | 0.086 (4) | −0.004 (4) | −0.002 (4) | −0.007 (4) |
C12 | 0.114 (6) | 0.089 (6) | 0.083 (5) | −0.024 (5) | 0.003 (4) | −0.003 (4) |
C13 | 0.084 (5) | 0.112 (7) | 0.096 (5) | −0.030 (5) | 0.019 (4) | −0.031 (5) |
C14 | 0.067 (4) | 0.078 (5) | 0.118 (6) | −0.001 (3) | 0.003 (4) | −0.018 (5) |
C15 | 0.054 (3) | 0.065 (5) | 0.085 (5) | −0.003 (3) | 0.005 (3) | −0.006 (4) |
O1—C15 | 1.352 (7) | C13—C14 | 1.382 (11) |
O1—H1 | 0.8200 | C14—C15 | 1.370 (10) |
N1—C1 | 1.420 (7) | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
N1—C9 | 1.281 (7) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
C1—C6 | 1.389 (8) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.394 (8) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
C2—C7 | 1.511 (8) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.376 (8) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.388 (10) | C8—H8A | 0.9600 |
C3—C8 | 1.510 (8) | C8—H8B | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.379 (9) | C8—H8C | 0.9600 |
C5—C6 | 1.368 (9) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C9—C10 | 1.435 (7) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C10—C15 | 1.392 (8) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C10—C11 | 1.389 (8) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C11—C12 | 1.370 (9) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C12—C13 | 1.366 (11) | ||
O1···N1 | 2.582 (6) | H1···H7B | 2.5300 |
O1···H8Ci | 2.8900 | H4···H8B | 2.2700 |
N1···O1 | 2.582 (6) | H5···C8v | 3.0400 |
N1···H1 | 1.8500 | H5···H8Av | 2.2400 |
N1···H7B | 2.3600 | H6···C9 | 2.6800 |
C1···C6ii | 3.520 (7) | H6···H9 | 2.3300 |
C2···C6ii | 3.503 (8) | H6···C2iii | 2.8400 |
C6···C2iii | 3.503 (8) | H6···C3iii | 3.0600 |
C6···C1iii | 3.520 (7) | H7A···C8 | 3.0700 |
C1···H1 | 3.0900 | H7A···C12vii | 3.0400 |
C2···H6ii | 2.8400 | H7A···C13vii | 2.9500 |
C2···H14iv | 2.9200 | H7B···N1 | 2.3600 |
C3···H6ii | 3.0600 | H7B···H1 | 2.5300 |
C5···H8Av | 3.0800 | H7C···C8 | 2.7600 |
C6···H9 | 2.6500 | H7C···H8A | 2.3900 |
C7···H8A | 2.8900 | H8A···C7 | 2.8900 |
C7···H8C | 2.9200 | H8A···H7C | 2.3900 |
C8···H7A | 3.0700 | H8A···C5vi | 3.0800 |
C8···H7C | 2.7600 | H8A···H5vi | 2.2400 |
C8···H5vi | 3.0400 | H8B···H4 | 2.2700 |
C9···H1 | 2.3800 | H8C···C7 | 2.9200 |
C9···H6 | 2.6800 | H8C···O1vii | 2.8900 |
C12···H7Ai | 3.0400 | H8C···C15vii | 2.9100 |
C13···H7Ai | 2.9500 | H9···C6 | 2.6500 |
C15···H8Ci | 2.9100 | H9···H6 | 2.3300 |
H1···N1 | 1.8500 | H9···H11 | 2.4200 |
H1···C1 | 3.0900 | H11···H9 | 2.4200 |
H1···C9 | 2.3800 | H14···C2viii | 2.9200 |
C15—O1—H1 | 109.00 | C4—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
C1—N1—C9 | 120.2 (5) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.00 |
N1—C1—C2 | 119.9 (5) | C1—C6—H6 | 120.00 |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.0 (5) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.00 |
N1—C1—C6 | 120.0 (5) | C2—C7—H7A | 110.00 |
C1—C2—C3 | 119.5 (6) | C2—C7—H7B | 109.00 |
C1—C2—C7 | 118.8 (5) | C2—C7—H7C | 109.00 |
C3—C2—C7 | 121.7 (6) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.00 |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.2 (5) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.00 |
C2—C3—C8 | 122.0 (5) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.00 |
C4—C3—C8 | 117.9 (5) | C3—C8—H8A | 109.00 |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.9 (6) | C3—C8—H8B | 109.00 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.5 (6) | C3—C8—H8C | 109.00 |
C1—C6—C5 | 119.9 (6) | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.00 |
N1—C9—C10 | 122.3 (5) | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.00 |
C9—C10—C15 | 121.8 (5) | H8B—C8—H8C | 110.00 |
C11—C10—C15 | 118.0 (5) | N1—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
C9—C10—C11 | 120.2 (5) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.00 |
C10—C11—C12 | 121.5 (6) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.00 |
C11—C12—C13 | 119.5 (7) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.00 |
C12—C13—C14 | 120.6 (7) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.00 |
C13—C14—C15 | 119.8 (6) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.00 |
O1—C15—C14 | 118.6 (5) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.00 |
C10—C15—C14 | 120.7 (6) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.00 |
O1—C15—C10 | 120.7 (5) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.00 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.00 | C15—C14—H14 | 120.00 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.00 | ||
C9—N1—C1—C2 | −141.7 (5) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.4 (8) |
C9—N1—C1—C6 | 41.3 (7) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.5 (8) |
C1—N1—C9—C10 | −173.7 (4) | N1—C9—C10—C11 | 179.1 (5) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | 3.3 (7) | N1—C9—C10—C15 | 1.5 (8) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.0 (7) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −177.8 (6) |
C6—C1—C2—C7 | −179.7 (5) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | −0.1 (9) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 178.3 (5) | C9—C10—C15—O1 | −2.5 (8) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 1.2 (8) | C9—C10—C15—C14 | 178.0 (5) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −177.0 (4) | C11—C10—C15—O1 | 179.8 (5) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.1 (7) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | 0.3 (8) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | 178.7 (5) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.0 (10) |
C7—C2—C3—C8 | 0.2 (8) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.1 (11) |
C1—C2—C3—C8 | −179.5 (5) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.3 (10) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.9 (8) | C13—C14—C15—O1 | −179.9 (6) |
C8—C3—C4—C5 | 179.3 (5) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | −0.4 (9) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, −y+1, z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z; (iii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, −z; (iv) −x−1/2, −y+1, z−1/2; (v) −x, y−1/2, −z−1/2; (vi) −x, y+1/2, −z−1/2; (vii) −x+1/2, −y+1, z−1/2; (viii) −x−1/2, −y+1, z+1/2. |
Cg1 is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1 | 0.82 | 1.85 | 2.582 (6) | 148 |
C7—H7A···Cg1vii | 0.96 | 2.92 | 3.782 (6) | 150 |
Symmetry code: (vii) −x+1/2, −y+1, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H15NO |
Mr | 225.28 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.5641 (7), 12.5889 (13), 13.0643 (14) |
V (Å3) | 1244.0 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.32 × 0.12 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker Kappa APEXII CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.980, 0.985 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9729, 1316, 687 |
Rint | 0.085 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.600 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.078, 0.157, 1.11 |
No. of reflections | 1316 |
No. of parameters | 157 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.11, −0.13 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and PLATON (Spek, 2009), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Cg1 is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1 | 0.82 | 1.85 | 2.582 (6) | 148 |
C7—H7A···Cg1i | 0.96 | 2.92 | 3.782 (6) | 150 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1/2, −y+1, z−1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the provision of funds for the purchase of the diffractometer and encouragement by Dr Muhammad Akram Chaudhary, Vice Chancellor, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
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We have reported crystal structures of Schiff bases synthesized from 2,3-dimethylaniline (Tahir et al., 2010a, 2010b), (Tariq et al., 2010) and in continuation of this work, we report herein the structure and synthesis of the title compound (I, Fig. 1). The title compound has been synthesized for the preparation of different organometallic compounds.
In (I), the 2,3-dimethylaniline moiety A (C1–C8/N1) and the group B (C9—C15/O1) of salicylaldehyde are planar with r.m.s. deviations of 0.0156 and 0.0109 Å, respectively. The dihedral angle between A/B is 43.69 (9)°. The title molecule essentially consists of monomers. In the title molecule an S(6) ring motif (Bernstein et al., 1995) is formed due to intramolecular H-bonding of O—H···N type (Table 1, Fig. 1). There exist C—H···π interaction (Table 1) which plays important role in stabilizing the molecules.