organic compounds
2-Chloro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamide
aDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan, and bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
*Correspondence e-mail: aamersaeed@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C14H12ClNO2, the chloro- and methoxy-substituted benzene rings are close to orthogonal [dihedral angle = 79.20 (3)°]. These rings also make angles of 45.9 (3) and 33.5 (3)° with the amide –CONH– unit. The methoxy substituent lies close to the methoxybenzene ring plane, with a maximum deviation of 0.142 (3) Å for the methyl C atom. The N—H bond is anti to the 2-chloro substituent of the aniline ring. In the intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form C(4) chains augmented by a weak C—H⋯O interaction involving an ortho H atom of the methoxy benzene ring that generates an R21(6) motif. The chains stack the molecules into columns down the b axis. Adjacent columns are linked by additional C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π contacts, generating a three-dimensional network.
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For background to the biological activity of N-substituted benzamides and their use in synthesis, see: Saeed et al. (2010). For related structures, see: Saeed et al. (2008a,b, 2009a,b,c). For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For reference bond length data, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker 2006); cell APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker 2006); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); molecular graphics: SHELXTL and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97, enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810043035/hg2733sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810043035/hg2733Isup2.hkl
2-Chlorobenzoyl chloride (1 mmol) in CHCl3 was treated with 4-methoxyaniline (3.5 mmol) under a nitrogen atmosphere at reflux for 3 h. Upon cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with CHCl3 and washed consecutively with 1 M aq HCl and saturated aq NaHCO3. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. Crystallization of the residue in ethanol afforded the title compound (80%) as colourless crystals: Anal. calcd. for C14H12ClNO2: C, 64.25; H, 4.62; N, 5.35; found: C, 64.02; H, 4.61; N, 6.23%.
The H1 atom bound to N1 was located in a difference map and refined isotropically. All other H-atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model with d(C—H) = 0.95 Å, Uiso = 1.2Ueq (C) for aromatic and 0.98 Å, Uiso = 1.5Ueq (C) for the CH3 atoms.
N-substituted benzamides have numerous pharmaceutical and synthetic applications (Saeed et al., 2010). In the title compound, C14H12ClNO2 (I), the C2···C7,chloro and C8···C13, methoxy substituted benzene rings are close to orthogonal, dihedral angle 79.20 (3)°. These rings also make angles of 45.9 (3) and 33.5 (3)° to the amide –C1(=O1)-N1H1- unit. The methoxy substituent lies close to the C8···C13 ring plane with a maximum deviation of 0.142 (3) Å for C14. Bond distances in the molecule are normal (Allen et al., 1987) and very similar to those other chlorophenylbenzamide derivatives (Saeed et al., 2008a, 2009c). The N1–H1 bond is anti to the Cl1 substituent of the aniline ring in sharp contrast to the syn arrangement found in a number of comparable 2-fluoro-benzamide derivatives (Saeed et al., 2008b, 2009a) including the directly analogous 2-fluoro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamide (Saeed et al., 2009b).
In the
intermolecular N1—H1···O1 hydrogen bonds form C(4) chains (Bernstein et al., 1995) strengthened by a C13—H13···O1 interaction that generates an R12(6) ring motif. These chains stack the molecules into columns down the b axis. The columns are linked by additional C6–H6···O2 and C12—H12···Cg2 contacts (Cg2 is the centroid of the C8···C13 benzene ring) to generate a three dimensional network.For background to the biological activity of N-substituted benzamides and their use in synthesis, see: Saeed et al. (2010). For related structures, see: Saeed et al. (2008a,b, 2009a,b,c). For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995). For reference bond length data, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker 2006); cell
APEX2 and 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) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Fig. 1. The structure of (I) with displacement ellipsoids for the non-hydrogen atoms drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. Chains of molecules formed along the b axis with hydrogen bonds drawn as dashed lines. | |
Fig. 3. Crystal packing for (I) viewed down the b axis with hydrogen bonds drawn as dashed lines. |
C14H12ClNO2 | F(000) = 544 |
Mr = 261.70 | Dx = 1.426 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 3287 reflections |
a = 13.1819 (10) Å | θ = 2.2–31.3° |
b = 5.0823 (4) Å | µ = 0.31 mm−1 |
c = 18.4477 (14) Å | T = 90 K |
β = 99.563 (3)° | Rectangular block, colourless |
V = 1218.72 (16) Å3 | 0.50 × 0.23 × 0.08 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 4228 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3106 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.060 |
ω scans | θmax = 32.2°, θmin = 3.5° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | h = −19→17 |
Tmin = 0.885, Tmax = 1.000 | k = −7→7 |
21245 measured reflections | l = −27→27 |
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)] = 0.041 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.06 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0437P)2 + 0.2831P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4228 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
167 parameters | Δρmax = 0.46 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
C14H12ClNO2 | V = 1218.72 (16) Å3 |
Mr = 261.70 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 13.1819 (10) Å | µ = 0.31 mm−1 |
b = 5.0823 (4) Å | T = 90 K |
c = 18.4477 (14) Å | 0.50 × 0.23 × 0.08 mm |
β = 99.563 (3)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 4228 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) | 3106 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.885, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.060 |
21245 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.06 | Δρmax = 0.46 e Å−3 |
4228 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
167 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 | ||
N1 | 0.48415 (8) | 0.3074 (2) | 0.61366 (6) | 0.0145 (2) | |
H1 | 0.4587 (12) | 0.461 (3) | 0.6155 (9) | 0.017* | |
C1 | 0.42206 (10) | 0.0944 (2) | 0.60396 (7) | 0.0137 (2) | |
C12 | 0.75384 (10) | 0.5034 (3) | 0.68248 (7) | 0.0155 (3) | |
H12 | 0.7893 | 0.6365 | 0.7128 | 0.019* | |
C2 | 0.30910 (9) | 0.1564 (2) | 0.58872 (7) | 0.0127 (2) | |
C3 | 0.23760 (10) | 0.0166 (2) | 0.62149 (7) | 0.0150 (2) | |
Cl1 | 0.27487 (3) | −0.22099 (7) | 0.688318 (18) | 0.02032 (9) | |
C4 | 0.13309 (11) | 0.0697 (3) | 0.60386 (8) | 0.0212 (3) | |
H4 | 0.0853 | −0.0258 | 0.6270 | 0.025* | |
C5 | 0.09866 (11) | 0.2618 (3) | 0.55254 (8) | 0.0219 (3) | |
H5 | 0.0271 | 0.2958 | 0.5397 | 0.026* | |
C6 | 0.16843 (10) | 0.4055 (3) | 0.51967 (7) | 0.0180 (3) | |
H6 | 0.1448 | 0.5388 | 0.4848 | 0.022* | |
C7 | 0.27285 (10) | 0.3531 (3) | 0.53803 (7) | 0.0148 (2) | |
H7 | 0.3205 | 0.4525 | 0.5158 | 0.018* | |
C8 | 0.59378 (9) | 0.3016 (2) | 0.62596 (7) | 0.0131 (2) | |
C9 | 0.64888 (10) | 0.1142 (3) | 0.59279 (7) | 0.0154 (2) | |
H9 | 0.6135 | −0.0180 | 0.5620 | 0.019* | |
C10 | 0.75521 (10) | 0.1228 (3) | 0.60506 (7) | 0.0167 (3) | |
H10 | 0.7927 | −0.0051 | 0.5828 | 0.020* | |
C11 | 0.80807 (10) | 0.3166 (3) | 0.64961 (7) | 0.0145 (2) | |
O2 | 0.91341 (7) | 0.3080 (2) | 0.65680 (5) | 0.0186 (2) | |
C14 | 0.96893 (10) | 0.5186 (3) | 0.69682 (8) | 0.0222 (3) | |
H14A | 0.9452 | 0.6869 | 0.6742 | 0.033* | |
H14B | 1.0426 | 0.4979 | 0.6958 | 0.033* | |
H14C | 0.9571 | 0.5153 | 0.7479 | 0.033* | |
O1 | 0.45382 (7) | −0.13338 (18) | 0.60577 (6) | 0.0192 (2) | |
C13 | 0.64644 (10) | 0.4933 (3) | 0.67043 (7) | 0.0159 (3) | |
H13 | 0.6090 | 0.6201 | 0.6931 | 0.019* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0114 (5) | 0.0092 (5) | 0.0221 (6) | 0.0006 (4) | 0.0001 (4) | −0.0005 (4) |
C1 | 0.0123 (6) | 0.0127 (5) | 0.0155 (6) | 0.0003 (5) | 0.0003 (5) | 0.0006 (4) |
C12 | 0.0146 (6) | 0.0135 (6) | 0.0176 (6) | −0.0015 (5) | 0.0002 (5) | −0.0013 (5) |
C2 | 0.0117 (6) | 0.0117 (5) | 0.0144 (6) | −0.0002 (4) | 0.0012 (4) | −0.0018 (4) |
C3 | 0.0166 (6) | 0.0118 (5) | 0.0164 (6) | 0.0003 (5) | 0.0022 (5) | 0.0008 (4) |
Cl1 | 0.02428 (18) | 0.01703 (15) | 0.01980 (16) | 0.00019 (13) | 0.00408 (13) | 0.00509 (12) |
C4 | 0.0152 (6) | 0.0225 (7) | 0.0271 (7) | −0.0008 (5) | 0.0073 (5) | 0.0032 (6) |
C5 | 0.0107 (6) | 0.0273 (7) | 0.0278 (7) | 0.0032 (5) | 0.0035 (5) | 0.0034 (6) |
C6 | 0.0148 (6) | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0179 (6) | 0.0040 (5) | 0.0023 (5) | 0.0027 (5) |
C7 | 0.0139 (6) | 0.0144 (6) | 0.0164 (6) | 0.0017 (5) | 0.0030 (5) | 0.0009 (4) |
C8 | 0.0108 (5) | 0.0115 (5) | 0.0166 (6) | 0.0001 (5) | 0.0014 (4) | 0.0016 (4) |
C9 | 0.0151 (6) | 0.0139 (6) | 0.0172 (6) | −0.0008 (5) | 0.0023 (5) | −0.0021 (5) |
C10 | 0.0157 (6) | 0.0160 (6) | 0.0194 (6) | 0.0011 (5) | 0.0058 (5) | −0.0014 (5) |
C11 | 0.0117 (6) | 0.0167 (6) | 0.0150 (6) | −0.0007 (5) | 0.0019 (4) | 0.0027 (5) |
O2 | 0.0105 (4) | 0.0234 (5) | 0.0219 (5) | −0.0011 (4) | 0.0027 (4) | −0.0029 (4) |
C14 | 0.0129 (6) | 0.0278 (7) | 0.0249 (7) | −0.0058 (5) | 0.0001 (5) | −0.0021 (6) |
O1 | 0.0135 (5) | 0.0103 (4) | 0.0329 (6) | 0.0012 (4) | 0.0012 (4) | 0.0007 (4) |
C13 | 0.0135 (6) | 0.0124 (6) | 0.0214 (6) | 0.0010 (5) | 0.0020 (5) | −0.0007 (5) |
N1—C1 | 1.3506 (17) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
N1—C8 | 1.4255 (16) | C6—C7 | 1.3876 (18) |
N1—H1 | 0.854 (17) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
C1—O1 | 1.2298 (15) | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.5021 (17) | C8—C13 | 1.3841 (18) |
C12—C11 | 1.3870 (18) | C8—C9 | 1.3985 (17) |
C12—C13 | 1.3970 (18) | C9—C10 | 1.3829 (18) |
C12—H12 | 0.9500 | C9—H9 | 0.9500 |
C2—C3 | 1.3957 (18) | C10—C11 | 1.3931 (18) |
C2—C7 | 1.3977 (17) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.3883 (19) | C11—O2 | 1.3734 (15) |
C3—Cl1 | 1.7373 (13) | O2—C14 | 1.4305 (17) |
Cl1—O1 | 3.0456 (11) | C14—H14A | 0.9800 |
C4—C5 | 1.383 (2) | C14—H14B | 0.9800 |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C14—H14C | 0.9800 |
C5—C6 | 1.3901 (19) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C1—N1—C8 | 125.48 (11) | C6—C7—H7 | 119.5 |
C1—N1—H1 | 120.4 (11) | C2—C7—H7 | 119.5 |
C8—N1—H1 | 114.0 (11) | C13—C8—C9 | 119.53 (12) |
O1—C1—N1 | 123.69 (12) | C13—C8—N1 | 118.37 (11) |
O1—C1—C2 | 121.67 (11) | C9—C8—N1 | 122.07 (12) |
N1—C1—C2 | 114.63 (11) | C10—C9—C8 | 119.53 (12) |
C11—C12—C13 | 119.19 (12) | C10—C9—H9 | 120.2 |
C11—C12—H12 | 120.4 | C8—C9—H9 | 120.2 |
C13—C12—H12 | 120.4 | C9—C10—C11 | 120.85 (12) |
C3—C2—C7 | 118.26 (11) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.6 |
C3—C2—C1 | 122.13 (11) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.6 |
C7—C2—C1 | 119.56 (11) | O2—C11—C12 | 124.46 (12) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.99 (12) | O2—C11—C10 | 115.67 (11) |
C4—C3—Cl1 | 116.99 (10) | C12—C11—C10 | 119.87 (12) |
C2—C3—Cl1 | 121.97 (10) | C11—O2—C14 | 116.64 (10) |
C3—Cl1—O1 | 72.23 (5) | O2—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.83 (13) | O2—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.1 | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.1 | O2—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.26 (13) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C1—O1—Cl1 | 82.11 (8) |
C7—C6—C5 | 119.61 (13) | C8—C13—C12 | 121.01 (12) |
C7—C6—H6 | 120.2 | C8—C13—H13 | 119.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 120.2 | C12—C13—H13 | 119.5 |
C6—C7—C2 | 121.04 (12) |
Cg2 is the centroid of the C8–C13 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O1i | 0.854 (17) | 2.067 (17) | 2.8706 (15) | 156.4 (15) |
C13—H13···O1i | 0.95 | 2.69 | 3.2347 (16) | 117 |
C6—H6···O2ii | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.5657 (17) | 150 |
C12—H12···Cg2iii | 0.95 | 2.88 | 3.6203 (15) | 136 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H12ClNO2 |
Mr | 261.70 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 90 |
a, b, c (Å) | 13.1819 (10), 5.0823 (4), 18.4477 (14) |
β (°) | 99.563 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1218.72 (16) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.31 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.50 × 0.23 × 0.08 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2006) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.885, 1.000 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 21245, 4228, 3106 |
Rint | 0.060 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.751 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.104, 1.06 |
No. of reflections | 4228 |
No. of parameters | 167 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.46, −0.28 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker 2006), APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker 2006), SAINT (Bruker 2006), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and TITAN2000 (Hunter & Simpson, 1999), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004), PLATON (Spek, 2009) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Cg2 is the centroid of the C8–C13 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1···O1i | 0.854 (17) | 2.067 (17) | 2.8706 (15) | 156.4 (15) |
C13—H13···O1i | 0.95 | 2.69 | 3.2347 (16) | 116.8 |
C6—H6···O2ii | 0.95 | 2.71 | 3.5657 (17) | 149.9 |
C12—H12···Cg2iii | 0.95 | 2.88 | 3.6203 (15) | 136.0 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
We thank the University of Otago for purchase of the diffractometer.
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N-substituted benzamides have numerous pharmaceutical and synthetic applications (Saeed et al., 2010). In the title compound, C14H12ClNO2 (I), the C2···C7,chloro and C8···C13, methoxy substituted benzene rings are close to orthogonal, dihedral angle 79.20 (3)°. These rings also make angles of 45.9 (3) and 33.5 (3)° to the amide –C1(=O1)-N1H1- unit. The methoxy substituent lies close to the C8···C13 ring plane with a maximum deviation of 0.142 (3) Å for C14. Bond distances in the molecule are normal (Allen et al., 1987) and very similar to those other chlorophenylbenzamide derivatives (Saeed et al., 2008a, 2009c). The N1–H1 bond is anti to the Cl1 substituent of the aniline ring in sharp contrast to the syn arrangement found in a number of comparable 2-fluoro-benzamide derivatives (Saeed et al., 2008b, 2009a) including the directly analogous 2-fluoro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)benzamide (Saeed et al., 2009b).
In the crystal structure intermolecular N1—H1···O1 hydrogen bonds form C(4) chains (Bernstein et al., 1995) strengthened by a C13—H13···O1 interaction that generates an R12(6) ring motif. These chains stack the molecules into columns down the b axis. The columns are linked by additional C6–H6···O2 and C12—H12···Cg2 contacts (Cg2 is the centroid of the C8···C13 benzene ring) to generate a three dimensional network.