organic compounds
4-[(1E)-3-(2,6-Dichloro-3-fluorophenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]benzonitrile
aUniversity of Mysore, Department of Studies in Chemistry, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India, bMangalore University, Department of Studies in Chemistry, Mangalagangotri 574 199, India, and cNelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa
*Correspondence e-mail: richard.betz@webmail.co.za
In the title molecule, C16H8Cl2FNO, the benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 78.69 (8)°. The F atom is disordered over two positions in a 0.530 (3):0.470 (3) ratio. The crystal packing exhibits π–π interactions between dichloro-substituted rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6671 (10) Å] and weak intermolecular C—H⋯F contacts.
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For the biological activity of et al. (2008); Shivakumar et al. (2005); Churkin et al. (1982); Herencia et al. (1998). For a related structure, see: Betz et al. (2012). For the graph-set analysis of hydrogen bonds, see: Etter et al. (1990); Bernstein et al. (1995).
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Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2010); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2010); 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 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536812015589/cv5282sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812015589/cv5282Isup2.cdx
Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812015589/cv5282Isup3.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812015589/cv5282Isup4.cml
To a stirred solution of 1-(2,6-dichloro-3-fluorophenyl)ethanone (1 g, 4.8 mmol) and 4-formylbenzonitrile (0.62 g, 4.8 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml), powdered KOH (0.40 g, 7.2 mmol) was added at 273 K. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into ice cold water and subsequently acidified with 1.5 N HCl (pH ~3). The precipitated solid was filtered and dried to afford 1 g of the title compound as pale yellow solid in 91% yield. The single-crystal was grown from a mixture of toluene:acetone (v:v = 1:1) by slow evaporation at room temperature (m.p.: 414–417 K).
C-bound H atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H 0.95 Å) and were included in the
in the riding model approximation, with U(H) set to 1.2Ueq(C).Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2010); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2010); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2010); 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 Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C16H8Cl2FNO | F(000) = 648 |
Mr = 320.13 | Dx = 1.509 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Melting point = 414–417 K |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 13.2751 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 7660 reflections |
b = 8.5002 (2) Å | θ = 2.9–28.3° |
c = 13.9854 (3) Å | µ = 0.47 mm−1 |
β = 116.773 (1)° | T = 200 K |
V = 1408.95 (6) Å3 | Platelet, green |
Z = 4 | 0.55 × 0.32 × 0.20 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3480 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2904 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.013 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) | h = −17→17 |
Tmin = 0.783, Tmax = 0.913 | k = −8→11 |
12885 measured reflections | l = −18→18 |
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)] = 0.037 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.098 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0358P)2 + 0.6287P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3480 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
200 parameters | Δρmax = 0.41 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
C16H8Cl2FNO | V = 1408.95 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 320.13 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 13.2751 (3) Å | µ = 0.47 mm−1 |
b = 8.5002 (2) Å | T = 200 K |
c = 13.9854 (3) Å | 0.55 × 0.32 × 0.20 mm |
β = 116.773 (1)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3480 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) | 2904 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.783, Tmax = 0.913 | Rint = 0.013 |
12885 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.037 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.098 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.41 e Å−3 |
3480 reflections | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
200 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
Cl1 | 0.32198 (4) | 0.25664 (5) | 0.03764 (4) | 0.05826 (14) | |
Cl2 | 0.43426 (5) | 0.87196 (6) | 0.08058 (4) | 0.06998 (17) | |
O1 | 0.23229 (11) | 0.62352 (16) | −0.09939 (9) | 0.0582 (3) | |
N1 | −0.11644 (13) | 0.5937 (3) | 0.40221 (14) | 0.0785 (6) | |
C1 | 0.21695 (12) | 0.57997 (17) | 0.14653 (12) | 0.0392 (3) | |
H1 | 0.2927 | 0.5473 | 0.1891 | 0.047* | |
C2 | 0.18838 (14) | 0.6169 (2) | 0.04481 (13) | 0.0460 (4) | |
H2 | 0.1140 | 0.6544 | 0.0017 | 0.055* | |
C3 | 0.26474 (14) | 0.60326 (19) | −0.00432 (12) | 0.0435 (3) | |
C4 | −0.06074 (13) | 0.5902 (2) | 0.35969 (14) | 0.0525 (4) | |
C11 | 0.14352 (12) | 0.58457 (17) | 0.19935 (11) | 0.0370 (3) | |
C12 | 0.03215 (13) | 0.6397 (2) | 0.14813 (13) | 0.0487 (4) | |
H12 | 0.0022 | 0.6771 | 0.0765 | 0.058* | |
C13 | −0.03410 (13) | 0.6403 (2) | 0.20037 (13) | 0.0489 (4) | |
H13 | −0.1097 | 0.6771 | 0.1647 | 0.059* | |
C14 | 0.00933 (12) | 0.58722 (18) | 0.30543 (12) | 0.0408 (3) | |
C15 | 0.11978 (12) | 0.5340 (2) | 0.35809 (12) | 0.0440 (3) | |
H15 | 0.1498 | 0.4984 | 0.4301 | 0.053* | |
C16 | 0.18571 (12) | 0.53320 (19) | 0.30467 (12) | 0.0407 (3) | |
H16 | 0.2614 | 0.4968 | 0.3407 | 0.049* | |
C21 | 0.38739 (13) | 0.56076 (18) | 0.06658 (11) | 0.0394 (3) | |
C22 | 0.42114 (12) | 0.40474 (19) | 0.08897 (11) | 0.0404 (3) | |
C24 | 0.61343 (14) | 0.4808 (3) | 0.19589 (13) | 0.0538 (4) | |
H24 | 0.6899 | 0.4539 | 0.2409 | 0.065* | |
C26 | 0.47029 (15) | 0.6754 (2) | 0.10883 (13) | 0.0467 (4) | |
C23 | 0.53293 (14) | 0.3657 (2) | 0.15222 (13) | 0.0474 (4) | |
H23 | 0.5542 | 0.2582 | 0.1656 | 0.057* | 0.470 (3) |
F1B | 0.6550 (2) | 0.7502 (4) | 0.2076 (2) | 0.0847 (11) | 0.470 (3) |
C25 | 0.58158 (15) | 0.6354 (2) | 0.17347 (14) | 0.0545 (4) | |
H25 | 0.6367 | 0.7160 | 0.2027 | 0.065* | 0.530 (3) |
F1A | 0.56085 (16) | 0.2148 (3) | 0.16948 (16) | 0.0610 (7) | 0.530 (3) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cl1 | 0.0520 (2) | 0.0417 (2) | 0.0616 (3) | −0.00337 (17) | 0.00832 (19) | 0.00136 (18) |
Cl2 | 0.1033 (4) | 0.0436 (2) | 0.0648 (3) | −0.0126 (2) | 0.0394 (3) | −0.0003 (2) |
O1 | 0.0635 (7) | 0.0718 (9) | 0.0403 (6) | 0.0168 (6) | 0.0242 (6) | 0.0145 (6) |
N1 | 0.0455 (8) | 0.1321 (18) | 0.0629 (10) | 0.0129 (10) | 0.0288 (8) | −0.0008 (11) |
C1 | 0.0376 (7) | 0.0386 (7) | 0.0407 (7) | 0.0002 (6) | 0.0171 (6) | 0.0005 (6) |
C2 | 0.0444 (8) | 0.0502 (9) | 0.0432 (8) | 0.0089 (7) | 0.0195 (7) | 0.0076 (7) |
C3 | 0.0508 (8) | 0.0405 (8) | 0.0406 (8) | 0.0047 (7) | 0.0217 (7) | 0.0052 (6) |
C4 | 0.0361 (7) | 0.0725 (12) | 0.0473 (9) | 0.0051 (8) | 0.0172 (7) | −0.0027 (8) |
C11 | 0.0355 (7) | 0.0349 (7) | 0.0389 (7) | −0.0007 (6) | 0.0153 (6) | −0.0010 (6) |
C12 | 0.0397 (8) | 0.0596 (10) | 0.0418 (8) | 0.0076 (7) | 0.0139 (6) | 0.0099 (7) |
C13 | 0.0336 (7) | 0.0586 (10) | 0.0497 (9) | 0.0088 (7) | 0.0146 (6) | 0.0058 (7) |
C14 | 0.0346 (7) | 0.0428 (8) | 0.0451 (8) | −0.0006 (6) | 0.0182 (6) | −0.0052 (6) |
C15 | 0.0392 (7) | 0.0525 (9) | 0.0404 (7) | 0.0054 (6) | 0.0179 (6) | 0.0025 (7) |
C16 | 0.0332 (7) | 0.0465 (8) | 0.0401 (7) | 0.0059 (6) | 0.0147 (6) | 0.0024 (6) |
C21 | 0.0461 (8) | 0.0440 (8) | 0.0327 (7) | 0.0000 (6) | 0.0219 (6) | 0.0015 (6) |
C22 | 0.0405 (7) | 0.0443 (8) | 0.0348 (7) | −0.0011 (6) | 0.0155 (6) | −0.0012 (6) |
C24 | 0.0390 (8) | 0.0831 (13) | 0.0393 (8) | −0.0030 (8) | 0.0176 (7) | −0.0014 (8) |
C26 | 0.0603 (9) | 0.0472 (9) | 0.0411 (8) | −0.0065 (7) | 0.0303 (7) | −0.0005 (7) |
C23 | 0.0464 (8) | 0.0571 (10) | 0.0389 (7) | 0.0080 (7) | 0.0193 (7) | 0.0015 (7) |
F1B | 0.0738 (17) | 0.107 (2) | 0.0622 (16) | −0.0519 (16) | 0.0211 (13) | −0.0060 (14) |
C25 | 0.0535 (9) | 0.0717 (12) | 0.0433 (8) | −0.0211 (9) | 0.0260 (8) | −0.0071 (8) |
F1A | 0.0529 (11) | 0.0588 (13) | 0.0594 (12) | 0.0184 (9) | 0.0147 (9) | 0.0096 (9) |
Cl1—C22 | 1.7267 (16) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
Cl2—C26 | 1.7338 (18) | C14—C15 | 1.387 (2) |
O1—C3 | 1.2112 (18) | C15—C16 | 1.383 (2) |
N1—C4 | 1.139 (2) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
C1—C2 | 1.334 (2) | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
C1—C11 | 1.465 (2) | C21—C26 | 1.387 (2) |
C1—H1 | 0.9500 | C21—C22 | 1.390 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.463 (2) | C22—C23 | 1.383 (2) |
C2—H2 | 0.9500 | C24—C23 | 1.373 (3) |
C3—C21 | 1.520 (2) | C24—C25 | 1.373 (3) |
C4—C14 | 1.441 (2) | C24—H24 | 0.9500 |
C11—C16 | 1.390 (2) | C26—C25 | 1.383 (3) |
C11—C12 | 1.402 (2) | C23—F1A | 1.327 (3) |
C12—C13 | 1.373 (2) | C23—H23 | 0.9500 |
C12—H12 | 0.9500 | F1B—C25 | 1.308 (3) |
C13—C14 | 1.390 (2) | C25—H25 | 0.9500 |
C2—C1—C11 | 126.67 (14) | C15—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C2—C1—H1 | 116.7 | C11—C16—H16 | 119.3 |
C11—C1—H1 | 116.7 | C26—C21—C22 | 117.46 (14) |
C1—C2—C3 | 123.90 (14) | C26—C21—C3 | 121.47 (15) |
C1—C2—H2 | 118.1 | C22—C21—C3 | 121.05 (14) |
C3—C2—H2 | 118.1 | C23—C22—C21 | 121.15 (15) |
O1—C3—C2 | 121.68 (15) | C23—C22—Cl1 | 119.24 (13) |
O1—C3—C21 | 119.79 (14) | C21—C22—Cl1 | 119.61 (11) |
C2—C3—C21 | 118.53 (13) | C23—C24—C25 | 118.87 (16) |
N1—C4—C14 | 179.4 (2) | C23—C24—H24 | 120.6 |
C16—C11—C12 | 118.39 (14) | C25—C24—H24 | 120.6 |
C16—C11—C1 | 118.96 (13) | C25—C26—C21 | 120.98 (17) |
C12—C11—C1 | 122.65 (13) | C25—C26—Cl2 | 119.32 (14) |
C13—C12—C11 | 120.68 (15) | C21—C26—Cl2 | 119.70 (13) |
C13—C12—H12 | 119.7 | F1A—C23—C24 | 120.69 (17) |
C11—C12—H12 | 119.7 | F1A—C23—C22 | 118.67 (17) |
C12—C13—C14 | 120.06 (14) | C24—C23—C22 | 120.64 (17) |
C12—C13—H13 | 120.0 | F1A—C23—H23 | 1.0 |
C14—C13—H13 | 120.0 | C24—C23—H23 | 119.7 |
C15—C14—C13 | 120.21 (14) | C22—C23—H23 | 119.7 |
C15—C14—C4 | 120.30 (14) | F1B—C25—C24 | 121.9 (2) |
C13—C14—C4 | 119.48 (14) | F1B—C25—C26 | 117.1 (2) |
C16—C15—C14 | 119.30 (14) | C24—C25—C26 | 120.87 (16) |
C16—C15—H15 | 120.4 | F1B—C25—H25 | 3.7 |
C14—C15—H15 | 120.4 | C24—C25—H25 | 119.6 |
C15—C16—C11 | 121.34 (13) | C26—C25—H25 | 119.6 |
C11—C1—C2—C3 | −177.25 (15) | C26—C21—C22—C23 | 0.9 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—O1 | 172.76 (17) | C3—C21—C22—C23 | 179.07 (13) |
C1—C2—C3—C21 | −6.6 (2) | C26—C21—C22—Cl1 | −179.43 (11) |
C2—C1—C11—C16 | 176.31 (16) | C3—C21—C22—Cl1 | −1.24 (19) |
C2—C1—C11—C12 | −4.1 (3) | C22—C21—C26—C25 | −2.0 (2) |
C16—C11—C12—C13 | −1.1 (2) | C3—C21—C26—C25 | 179.84 (14) |
C1—C11—C12—C13 | 179.29 (16) | C22—C21—C26—Cl2 | 178.12 (11) |
C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.6 (3) | C3—C21—C26—Cl2 | −0.07 (19) |
C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.2 (3) | C25—C24—C23—F1A | 178.08 (18) |
C12—C13—C14—C4 | 179.32 (17) | C25—C24—C23—C22 | −1.7 (2) |
N1—C4—C14—C15 | 136 (21) | C21—C22—C23—F1A | −178.81 (16) |
N1—C4—C14—C13 | −43 (21) | Cl1—C22—C23—F1A | 1.5 (2) |
C13—C14—C15—C16 | −0.5 (2) | C21—C22—C23—C24 | 0.9 (2) |
C4—C14—C15—C16 | −179.57 (16) | Cl1—C22—C23—C24 | −178.75 (12) |
C14—C15—C16—C11 | 0.0 (2) | C23—C24—C25—F1B | −176.2 (2) |
C12—C11—C16—C15 | 0.8 (2) | C23—C24—C25—C26 | 0.6 (2) |
C1—C11—C16—C15 | −179.54 (14) | C21—C26—C25—F1B | 178.18 (19) |
O1—C3—C21—C26 | 84.6 (2) | Cl2—C26—C25—F1B | −1.9 (2) |
C2—C3—C21—C26 | −96.08 (18) | C21—C26—C25—C24 | 1.3 (2) |
O1—C3—C21—C22 | −93.55 (19) | Cl2—C26—C25—C24 | −178.81 (13) |
C2—C3—C21—C22 | 85.81 (19) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C1—H1···F1Ai | 0.95 | 2.50 | 3.130 (2) | 124 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H8Cl2FNO |
Mr | 320.13 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 200 |
a, b, c (Å) | 13.2751 (3), 8.5002 (2), 13.9854 (3) |
β (°) | 116.773 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1408.95 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.47 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.55 × 0.32 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.783, 0.913 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12885, 3480, 2904 |
Rint | 0.013 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.667 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.037, 0.098, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 3480 |
No. of parameters | 200 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.41, −0.43 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2010), SAINT (Bruker, 2010), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C1—H1···F1Ai | 0.95 | 2.50 | 3.130 (2) | 123.7 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
ASP thanks the University of Mysore for the research facilities.
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Chalcones are the products of condensation reactions of aromatic aldehydes with acetophenones in the presence of alkali. Chalcones constitute an important group of natural products, and some of them possess a wide range of biological activities such as antimicrobial (Rajendra Prasad et al., 2008), antitubercular (Shivakumar et al., 2005), antiviral (Churkin et al., 1982) and anti-inflammatory activity (Herencia et al., 1998). The crystal structures of some chalcones such as have been reported in the literature. As a part of our ongoing studies on chalcones, the title compound (I) has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction.
In (I) (Fig. 1), all bond lengths and angles are normal and correspond to those observed in (2E)-1-(2,6-dichloro-3-fluorophenyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (Betz et al., 2012). The fluorine atom is disordered over two positions with site occupancy factors of 0.530 (3) and 0.470 (3), respectively. The mean planes of the two aromatic rings for a dihedral angle of 78.69 (8)°.
In the crystal, C–H···F contacts (Table 1) whose range falls by more than 0.1 Å below the sum of van-der-Waals radii of the respective atoms are present. These are supported by one of the vinylic hydrogen atoms as well as the disordered fluorine atom. In terms of graph-set analysis (Etter et al., 1990; Bernstein et al., 1995), the descriptor for these hydrogen bonds is C11(8) on the unary level. The shortest intercentroid distance between two aromatic systems was found at 3.6674 (10) Å and is apparent between the halogenated phenyl rings. The packing of the title compound in the crystal structure is shown in Figure 2.