organic compounds
4-Bromo-N-(4-bromophenyl)aniline
aDepartment of Chemistry, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: jotanski@vassar.edu
In the title compound, C12H9Br2N, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 47.32 (5)°, whereas the pitch angles, or the angles between the mean plane of each aryl group `propeller blade' and the plane defined by the aryl bridging C—N—C angle, are 18.1 (2) and 31.7 (2)°. No intermolecular N—H hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal; however, there is a short intermolecular Br⋯Br contact of 3.568 (1) Å.
Related literature
The title compound is an amine analogue of brominated diphenyl ether flame retardant materials commonly used in household items. For information on environmental and health concerns related to brominated flame retardants, see: de Wit (2002); Lunder et al. (2010). For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Crounse & Raiford (1945); Galatis & Megaloikonomos (1934); He et al. (2008). For related structures, see: Eriksson et al. (2004); Plieth & Ruban (1961); Li et al. (2010). For the van der Waals radius of Br and intermolecular Br⋯Br contacts, see: Bondi (1964); Medlycott et al. (2007). For a description of the pitch angle, see: Lim & Tanski (2007).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S160053681100715X/si2339sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053681100715X/si2339Isup2.hkl
Crystalline 4-bromo-N-(4-bromophenyl)aniline (I) was purchase from Aldrich Chemical Company, USA.
All non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically. The hydrogen atoms on carbon were included in calculated positions and were refined using a riding model at C–H = 0.95Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2 × Ueq(C) of the aryl C-atoms. T hydrogen atom on nitrogen was refined semifreely with the help of a distance restraint, d(N–H) = 0.835 (16) Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2 × Ueq(N). The extinction parameter (EXTI) refined to zero and was removed from the refinement.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. A view of compound (I), with displacement ellipsoids shown at the 50% probability level. |
C12H9Br2N | F(000) = 632 |
Mr = 327.02 | Dx = 1.967 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 8371 reflections |
a = 5.9993 (12) Å | θ = 2.9–30.4° |
b = 13.032 (3) Å | µ = 7.30 mm−1 |
c = 14.228 (3) Å | T = 125 K |
β = 96.967 (3)° | Plate, colourless |
V = 1104.2 (4) Å3 | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.17 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3373 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2786 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.038 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 30.6°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker 2007) | h = −8→8 |
Tmin = 0.218, Tmax = 0.370 | k = −18→18 |
17275 measured reflections | l = −20→20 |
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)] = 0.026 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.064 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.02 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0365P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3373 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
139 parameters | Δρmax = 0.94 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.45 e Å−3 |
C12H9Br2N | V = 1104.2 (4) Å3 |
Mr = 327.02 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 5.9993 (12) Å | µ = 7.30 mm−1 |
b = 13.032 (3) Å | T = 125 K |
c = 14.228 (3) Å | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.17 mm |
β = 96.967 (3)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3373 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker 2007) | 2786 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.218, Tmax = 0.370 | Rint = 0.038 |
17275 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.064 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.02 | Δρmax = 0.94 e Å−3 |
3373 reflections | Δρmin = −0.45 e Å−3 |
139 parameters |
Experimental. A suitable crystal was mounted in a nylon loop with Paratone-N cryoprotectant oil and data was collected on a Bruker APEX 2 CCD platform diffractometer. The structure was solved using direct methods and standard difference map techniques, and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures on F2 with SHELXTL Version 6.14 (Sheldrick, 2008). |
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 | ||
Br1 | 0.35642 (4) | 0.125752 (16) | 0.143618 (15) | 0.02649 (7) | |
Br2 | −0.19656 (3) | 0.946875 (15) | 0.134200 (15) | 0.02372 (7) | |
N | 0.4407 (3) | 0.58823 (13) | 0.10486 (13) | 0.0224 (4) | |
H1 | 0.566 (3) | 0.6043 (18) | 0.0893 (16) | 0.027* | |
C1 | 0.3790 (3) | 0.27103 (16) | 0.13498 (13) | 0.0200 (4) | |
C2 | 0.5839 (3) | 0.31866 (15) | 0.16241 (14) | 0.0229 (4) | |
H2A | 0.7114 | 0.2793 | 0.1865 | 0.027* | |
C3 | 0.5998 (3) | 0.42427 (15) | 0.15413 (14) | 0.0215 (4) | |
H3A | 0.7391 | 0.4573 | 0.1733 | 0.026* | |
C4 | 0.4131 (3) | 0.48316 (15) | 0.11792 (13) | 0.0186 (4) | |
C5 | 0.2092 (3) | 0.43296 (15) | 0.09209 (14) | 0.0204 (4) | |
H5A | 0.0806 | 0.4719 | 0.0685 | 0.025* | |
C6 | 0.1911 (3) | 0.32763 (15) | 0.10030 (14) | 0.0209 (4) | |
H6A | 0.0514 | 0.2944 | 0.0824 | 0.025* | |
C7 | 0.2844 (3) | 0.66694 (15) | 0.10980 (14) | 0.0188 (4) | |
C8 | 0.0933 (3) | 0.65683 (15) | 0.15638 (14) | 0.0192 (4) | |
H8A | 0.0621 | 0.5931 | 0.1845 | 0.023* | |
C9 | −0.0513 (3) | 0.73940 (15) | 0.16173 (13) | 0.0194 (4) | |
H9A | −0.1822 | 0.7318 | 0.1925 | 0.023* | |
C10 | −0.0044 (3) | 0.83266 (14) | 0.12218 (14) | 0.0191 (4) | |
C11 | 0.1859 (3) | 0.84517 (15) | 0.07631 (14) | 0.0208 (4) | |
H11A | 0.2179 | 0.9096 | 0.0497 | 0.025* | |
C12 | 0.3281 (3) | 0.76224 (15) | 0.06992 (13) | 0.0202 (4) | |
H12A | 0.4572 | 0.7701 | 0.0380 | 0.024* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.03250 (12) | 0.01599 (11) | 0.03174 (12) | 0.00176 (8) | 0.00695 (9) | −0.00159 (8) |
Br2 | 0.02408 (11) | 0.01647 (10) | 0.03091 (12) | 0.00214 (7) | 0.00456 (8) | −0.00193 (7) |
N | 0.0179 (8) | 0.0174 (8) | 0.0330 (10) | 0.0004 (7) | 0.0076 (7) | 0.0013 (7) |
C1 | 0.0219 (9) | 0.0166 (9) | 0.0217 (9) | 0.0016 (7) | 0.0039 (7) | −0.0020 (7) |
C2 | 0.0197 (9) | 0.0232 (10) | 0.0253 (10) | 0.0046 (8) | 0.0008 (8) | 0.0007 (8) |
C3 | 0.0144 (9) | 0.0215 (10) | 0.0283 (10) | −0.0001 (7) | 0.0012 (7) | −0.0016 (8) |
C4 | 0.0203 (9) | 0.0182 (9) | 0.0180 (9) | −0.0002 (7) | 0.0051 (7) | −0.0009 (7) |
C5 | 0.0184 (9) | 0.0210 (10) | 0.0212 (9) | 0.0031 (7) | −0.0006 (7) | −0.0014 (7) |
C6 | 0.0189 (9) | 0.0225 (10) | 0.0211 (9) | −0.0008 (7) | 0.0020 (7) | −0.0033 (7) |
C7 | 0.0192 (9) | 0.0167 (9) | 0.0205 (9) | −0.0008 (7) | 0.0019 (7) | 0.0001 (7) |
C8 | 0.0204 (9) | 0.0155 (9) | 0.0219 (9) | −0.0030 (7) | 0.0038 (7) | 0.0002 (7) |
C9 | 0.0176 (9) | 0.0207 (10) | 0.0206 (9) | −0.0031 (7) | 0.0049 (7) | −0.0008 (7) |
C10 | 0.0192 (9) | 0.0150 (9) | 0.0227 (9) | 0.0017 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | −0.0019 (7) |
C11 | 0.0239 (10) | 0.0156 (9) | 0.0232 (10) | −0.0042 (7) | 0.0038 (8) | 0.0009 (7) |
C12 | 0.0193 (9) | 0.0210 (9) | 0.0210 (9) | −0.0027 (7) | 0.0049 (7) | −0.0007 (7) |
Br1—C1 | 1.903 (2) | C5—H5A | 0.9500 |
Br2—C10 | 1.9031 (19) | C6—H6A | 0.9500 |
N—C4 | 1.394 (3) | C7—C8 | 1.399 (3) |
N—C7 | 1.397 (3) | C7—C12 | 1.403 (3) |
N—H1 | 0.835 (16) | C8—C9 | 1.390 (3) |
C1—C6 | 1.387 (3) | C8—H8A | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.390 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.383 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.386 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9500 |
C2—H2A | 0.9500 | C10—C11 | 1.391 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.403 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.387 (3) |
C3—H3A | 0.9500 | C11—H11A | 0.9500 |
C4—C5 | 1.397 (3) | C12—H12A | 0.9500 |
C5—C6 | 1.383 (3) | ||
C4—N—C7 | 128.53 (17) | C1—C6—H6A | 120.4 |
C4—N—H1 | 114.0 (17) | N—C7—C8 | 123.26 (17) |
C7—N—H1 | 117.4 (17) | N—C7—C12 | 118.05 (17) |
C6—C1—C2 | 121.03 (19) | C8—C7—C12 | 118.62 (18) |
C6—C1—Br1 | 119.41 (15) | C9—C8—C7 | 120.40 (18) |
C2—C1—Br1 | 119.56 (15) | C9—C8—H8A | 119.8 |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.14 (18) | C7—C8—H8A | 119.8 |
C3—C2—H2A | 120.4 | C10—C9—C8 | 119.93 (18) |
C1—C2—H2A | 120.4 | C10—C9—H9A | 120.0 |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.97 (18) | C8—C9—H9A | 120.0 |
C2—C3—H3A | 119.5 | C9—C10—C11 | 120.87 (18) |
C4—C3—H3A | 119.5 | C9—C10—Br2 | 119.70 (15) |
N—C4—C5 | 122.64 (18) | C11—C10—Br2 | 119.40 (14) |
N—C4—C3 | 118.93 (17) | C12—C11—C10 | 119.05 (18) |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.36 (18) | C12—C11—H11A | 120.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 121.20 (18) | C10—C11—H11A | 120.5 |
C6—C5—H5A | 119.4 | C11—C12—C7 | 121.13 (18) |
C4—C5—H5A | 119.4 | C11—C12—H12A | 119.4 |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.28 (19) | C7—C12—H12A | 119.4 |
C5—C6—H6A | 120.4 | ||
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.5 (3) | C4—N—C7—C8 | 20.0 (3) |
Br1—C1—C2—C3 | 178.75 (15) | C4—N—C7—C12 | −163.25 (19) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.5 (3) | N—C7—C8—C9 | 177.59 (18) |
C7—N—C4—C5 | 33.3 (3) | C12—C7—C8—C9 | 0.8 (3) |
C7—N—C4—C3 | −149.9 (2) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −1.1 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—N | −175.67 (18) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 1.3 (3) | C8—C9—C10—Br2 | −177.49 (14) |
N—C4—C5—C6 | 175.75 (18) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.5 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −1.1 (3) | Br2—C10—C11—C12 | 178.40 (15) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 0.1 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C7 | −0.8 (3) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | 0.7 (3) | N—C7—C12—C11 | −176.84 (18) |
Br1—C1—C6—C5 | −178.55 (14) | C8—C7—C12—C11 | 0.1 (3) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C12H9Br2N |
Mr | 327.02 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 125 |
a, b, c (Å) | 5.9993 (12), 13.032 (3), 14.228 (3) |
β (°) | 96.967 (3) |
V (Å3) | 1104.2 (4) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 7.30 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.17 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.218, 0.370 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 17275, 3373, 2786 |
Rint | 0.038 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.717 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.026, 0.064, 1.02 |
No. of reflections | 3373 |
No. of parameters | 139 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.94, −0.45 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Vassar College. X-ray facilities were provided by the US National Science Foundation (grant No. 0521237 to JMT).
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The title compound, 4-bromo-N-(4-bromophenyl)aniline, C12H9Br2N (I), was first synthesized by Galatis & Megaloikonomos (1934) via the direct bromination of diphenylamine, and the structure was corroborated by Crounse & Raiford (1945) in their study of the hydrolysis of the benzoyl derivative. More recently, halogenated diphenylamines have been prepared by copper catalyzed coupling reactions (He et al., 2008). The crystal structure of the chloride analogue is known (Plieth & Ruban, 1961), and an analogous structure with an oxygen bridge has also been reported (Eriksson et al., 2004). The title compound is an amine analogues of a class of brominated diphenyl ether materials (de Wit, 2002). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers are commonly used as flame retardants (Eriksson et al., 2004) in consumer products and electronics and have been found in humans (Lunder et al., 2010).
Compound (I) is a dibrominated diphenyl amine derivative with a "propeller blade" disposition of the benzene rings about the bridging nitrogen atom. The structure reveals that there is no intermolecular hydrogen bonding, although there are significant intermolecular Br···Br contacts (Medlycott et al. , 2007) at a distance of 3.568 (1) Å, which is shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radius of bromine, 1.85Å (Bondi, 1964), at 3.7 Å. The aryl-bridging C4—N—C7 angle in (I) is 128.5 (2)°, somewhat smaller than the C—N—C bond angle of 133.8° found in the isomorphous dichloro analog (Plieth & Ruban, 1961), but similar to the C—N—C bond angle of 128.1° in another similar structure, N-4-(bromophenyl)-4-nitroaniline, which contains one bromo and one nitro group (Li et al., 2010).
The dihedral angle in (I) is found to be 47.32 (5)°, whereas the pitch angles are 18.1 (2)° and 31.7 (2)°. The pitch angles are the angles between the mean plane of each aryl group "propeller blade" and the plane defined by the aryl bridging C4—N—C7 angle. The pitch angles are metrical parameters that describe the dispostion of the benzene rings about the bridging atom with greater detail than the dihedral angle; structures with equivalent dihedral angles may exhibit dramatically different orientations of the benzene rings about the bridging group (Lim & Tanski, 2007). In the isomorphous dichloro analog to the title compound, the dihedral angle is found to be significantly larger, 56.5°, as are the pitch angles of 22.1° and 39.1°. In another similar bromo compound, N-4-(bromophenyl)-4-nitroaniline, where the dihedral angle of 44.8° is more similar to that of the title compound, the pitch angles are found to be 12.6° and 35.1°.