organic compounds
(4-Nitrophenyl)methanol
aDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic
*Correspondence e-mail: stepnic@natur.cuni.cz
In the crystal of the title compound, C7H7NO3, molecules associate into infinite chains via O—H⋯O(NO2) hydrogen bonds propagating in the [101] direction. These chains are linked via C—H⋯O(NO2) hydrogen bonds to form double-stranded ribbons lying parallel to the ac plane. The ribbons stack along the b axis by means of π–π interactions involving the benzene rings and the nitro group. The centroid–centroid distances of the alternating parallel aromatic rings are 3.6514 (7) and 3.8044 (7) Å.
Related literature
For the II complex with O-coordinated 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol, see: Koller et al. (2009). For a survey of typical bond lengths in organic compounds, see: Allen et al. (2006).
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Crystal data
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Refinement
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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: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON.
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812024865/su2438sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812024865/su2438Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812024865/su2438Isup3.cml
Yellowish prismatic crystals suitable for X-ray
were selected directly from a commercial sample of the title compound (Aldrich, 99%). Attempts to recrystallize the compound from hot heptane led only to very thin, plate-like crystal aggregates, which were not suitable for -ray diffraction analysis.The OH hydrogen atom was located in a difference
and refined freely. The C-bound H atoms were included in calculated positions and refined as riding atoms: C-H = 0.95 and 0.97 Å for aromatic and methylene H atoms, respectively, with Uiso(H) =1.2Ueq(C).The title compound, (4-nitrophenyl)methanol [common name: 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol], is a readily available reactive organic building block, commonly used in many organic reactions. As it can separate from the reaction mixture in the form of thin crystals and thus be mistakenly taken for the desired product (D. Drahoňovský, private communication), we decided to determined its molecular structure which surprisingly was unknown. The only structurally characterized compound comprising the title alcohol reported to date is a Zn(II) complex, [ZnL2(4-O2NC6H4CH2OH)2(H2O)2](NTf2)2 [where L = 1-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one and Tf = CF3SO3], isolated from the reaction mixture after zinc-catalysed trifluoromethylation of
with L and Zn(NTf2)2 (Koller et al., 2009).The molecular geometry of the title compound, Fig. 1, is rather unexceptional with bond distances falling in the usual ranges (Allen et al., 2006). The substituents in the para positions of the benzene ring bind symmetrically as indicated by the O2/O3—N1—C4 angles of 118.10 (9) ° and 119.34 (9) ° for the NO2 group and by the angles C2/C6—C1—C7 of 119.21 (10) ° and 121.32 (10) ° for the CH2OH moiety. The nitro group is rotated from the plane of the benzene ring by as little as 0.44 (13) °. On the other hand, the hydroxy group is displaced from the plane of the central ring, being rotated by the pivotal C1—C7 bond. The perpendicular distance of O1 atom from the plane of the benzene ring is 0.356 (1) Å and the torsion angle C6—C1—C7—O1 is 16.73 (16) °. A relatively small but statistically significant difference observed for the individual N—O distances [viz: N1—O2 = 1.2369 (12) Å and N1—O3 = 1.2240 (13) Å] can be accounted for by different intermolecular interactions in which the respective NO2 oxygen atoms participate.
In the crystal, molecules associate into ribbons via a combination of O—H···O and C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2 and Table 1). The shorter O1—H1O···O2 interactions result in the formation of infinite chains from molecules related by translation in the [1 0 1] direction, whereas the soft C3—H3···O3 contacts are formed between inversion-related molecules and thus cross-link the chains with their parallel, inversion-related counterparts into infinite ribbons oriented parallel to the ac plane.
Furthermore, the molecules associate into columnar stacks oriented along the crystallographic b-axis by means of π···π interactions (Figs. 3 and 4). The interacting molecules lie across crystallographic inversion centers and are therefore exactly parallel. Mutual offset of the interacting molecules by ca. 1.4 Å (pairs A in Fig. 3) and 1.7 Å (pairs B in Fig. 3) allows for efficient interactions between the the π-systems of the benzene rings and also for interactions between the π-systems of the benzene rings and the nitro groups. Distances of the centroids of the benzene rings are 3.6514 (7) Å for molecules located around inversion centres at b/2 (pairs A) and 3.8044 (7) Å for molecules related by the inversion centres at b = 0 and 1 (pairs B). Distances of the nitrogen atom from atom C1 in pairs A and B are ca. 4.2 Å and ca. 4.4 Å, respectively.
For the
of a ZnII complex with O-coordinated 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol, see: Koller et al. (2009). For a survey of typical bond lengths in organic compounds, see: Allen et al. (2006).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: PLATON (Spek, 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: PLATON (Spek, 2009).C7H7NO3 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 153.14 | F(000) = 160 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.521 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 6.2216 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 3056 reflections |
b = 7.4096 (6) Å | θ = 2.9–27.0° |
c = 7.7833 (6) Å | µ = 0.12 mm−1 |
α = 110.867 (2)° | T = 150 K |
β = 93.667 (2)° | Prism, colorless |
γ = 90.748 (3)° | 0.53 × 0.31 × 0.28 mm |
V = 334.34 (5) Å3 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1442 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1269 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.016 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 27.0°, θmin = 2.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.939, Tmax = 0.967 | k = −9→9 |
5239 measured reflections | l = −9→9 |
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)] = 0.032 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.099 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.10 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0549P)2 + 0.0737P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1442 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
104 parameters | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
C7H7NO3 | γ = 90.748 (3)° |
Mr = 153.14 | V = 334.34 (5) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 6.2216 (5) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 7.4096 (6) Å | µ = 0.12 mm−1 |
c = 7.7833 (6) Å | T = 150 K |
α = 110.867 (2)° | 0.53 × 0.31 × 0.28 mm |
β = 93.667 (2)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1442 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | 1269 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.939, Tmax = 0.967 | Rint = 0.016 |
5239 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.032 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.099 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.10 | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
1442 reflections | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
104 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 diffractions. 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 | 0.55157 (14) | 0.37365 (14) | 0.71166 (12) | 0.0289 (2) | |
H1O | 0.459 (3) | 0.352 (3) | 0.625 (3) | 0.059 (6)* | |
O2 | 1.19725 (14) | 0.31301 (14) | 1.43192 (11) | 0.0291 (2) | |
O3 | 1.44094 (13) | 0.17141 (12) | 1.25026 (12) | 0.0260 (2) | |
N1 | 1.26402 (15) | 0.24252 (13) | 1.27641 (13) | 0.0185 (2) | |
C1 | 0.86002 (18) | 0.24567 (15) | 0.82183 (15) | 0.0164 (2) | |
C2 | 1.06259 (18) | 0.16628 (15) | 0.79623 (15) | 0.0187 (3) | |
H2 | 1.1093 | 0.1130 | 0.6751 | 0.022* | |
C3 | 1.19706 (17) | 0.16352 (15) | 0.94381 (15) | 0.0177 (3) | |
H3 | 1.3348 | 0.1088 | 0.9260 | 0.021* | |
C4 | 1.12356 (17) | 0.24351 (14) | 1.11879 (14) | 0.0158 (2) | |
C5 | 0.92362 (18) | 0.32390 (15) | 1.14985 (15) | 0.0173 (2) | |
H5 | 0.8781 | 0.3776 | 1.2714 | 0.021* | |
C6 | 0.79120 (17) | 0.32436 (15) | 0.99981 (15) | 0.0172 (2) | |
H6 | 0.6531 | 0.3784 | 1.0182 | 0.021* | |
C7 | 0.71876 (19) | 0.24303 (16) | 0.65630 (15) | 0.0215 (3) | |
H7A | 0.8064 | 0.2792 | 0.5710 | 0.026* | |
H7B | 0.6562 | 0.1109 | 0.5901 | 0.026* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0235 (5) | 0.0379 (5) | 0.0213 (4) | 0.0103 (4) | −0.0055 (3) | 0.0068 (4) |
O2 | 0.0257 (5) | 0.0455 (6) | 0.0151 (4) | 0.0062 (4) | 0.0000 (3) | 0.0098 (4) |
O3 | 0.0197 (4) | 0.0303 (5) | 0.0278 (5) | 0.0086 (3) | −0.0016 (3) | 0.0103 (4) |
N1 | 0.0176 (5) | 0.0194 (5) | 0.0191 (5) | 0.0006 (3) | −0.0008 (4) | 0.0081 (4) |
C1 | 0.0184 (5) | 0.0137 (5) | 0.0171 (5) | −0.0021 (4) | −0.0014 (4) | 0.0060 (4) |
C2 | 0.0217 (6) | 0.0175 (5) | 0.0155 (5) | 0.0010 (4) | 0.0034 (4) | 0.0041 (4) |
C3 | 0.0160 (5) | 0.0162 (5) | 0.0209 (6) | 0.0024 (4) | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0062 (4) |
C4 | 0.0161 (5) | 0.0145 (5) | 0.0172 (5) | −0.0011 (4) | −0.0020 (4) | 0.0066 (4) |
C5 | 0.0180 (5) | 0.0185 (5) | 0.0154 (5) | 0.0007 (4) | 0.0022 (4) | 0.0058 (4) |
C6 | 0.0146 (5) | 0.0171 (5) | 0.0201 (5) | 0.0015 (4) | 0.0010 (4) | 0.0071 (4) |
C7 | 0.0225 (6) | 0.0235 (6) | 0.0173 (5) | 0.0031 (4) | −0.0015 (4) | 0.0063 (4) |
O1—C7 | 1.4110 (13) | C2—H2 | 0.9500 |
O1—H1O | 0.82 (2) | C3—C4 | 1.3881 (15) |
O2—N1 | 1.2369 (12) | C3—H3 | 0.9500 |
O3—N1 | 1.2239 (12) | C4—C5 | 1.3842 (15) |
N1—C4 | 1.4623 (13) | C5—C6 | 1.3865 (15) |
C1—C2 | 1.3936 (15) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
C1—C6 | 1.3961 (15) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
C1—C7 | 1.5065 (14) | C7—H7A | 0.9900 |
C2—C3 | 1.3835 (15) | C7—H7B | 0.9900 |
C7—O1—H1O | 109.2 (14) | C5—C4—N1 | 118.87 (10) |
O3—N1—O2 | 122.56 (9) | C3—C4—N1 | 118.37 (10) |
O3—N1—C4 | 119.34 (9) | C4—C5—C6 | 118.59 (10) |
O2—N1—C4 | 118.10 (9) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.7 |
C2—C1—C6 | 119.46 (10) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.7 |
C2—C1—C7 | 119.21 (10) | C5—C6—C1 | 120.24 (10) |
C6—C1—C7 | 121.32 (10) | C5—C6—H6 | 119.9 |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.30 (10) | C1—C6—H6 | 119.9 |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.3 | O1—C7—C1 | 110.28 (9) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.3 | O1—C7—H7A | 109.6 |
C2—C3—C4 | 117.65 (10) | C1—C7—H7A | 109.6 |
C2—C3—H3 | 121.2 | O1—C7—H7B | 109.6 |
C4—C3—H3 | 121.2 | C1—C7—H7B | 109.6 |
C5—C4—C3 | 122.76 (10) | H7A—C7—H7B | 108.1 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O···O2i | 0.83 (2) | 2.09 (2) | 2.9095 (12) | 173 (2) |
C3—H3···O3ii | 0.95 | 2.54 | 3.3799 (14) | 148 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z−1; (ii) −x+3, −y, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C7H7NO3 |
Mr | 153.14 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.2216 (5), 7.4096 (6), 7.7833 (6) |
α, β, γ (°) | 110.867 (2), 93.667 (2), 90.748 (3) |
V (Å3) | 334.34 (5) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.12 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.53 × 0.31 × 0.28 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.939, 0.967 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5239, 1442, 1269 |
Rint | 0.016 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.639 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.032, 0.099, 1.10 |
No. of reflections | 1442 |
No. of parameters | 104 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.25, −0.29 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1O···O2i | 0.83 (2) | 2.09 (2) | 2.9095 (12) | 173 (2) |
C3—H3···O3ii | 0.95 | 2.54 | 3.3799 (14) | 148 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z−1; (ii) −x+3, −y, −z+2. |
Acknowledgements
Financial support from the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (project No. MSM0021620857) is gratefully acknowledged.
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The title compound, (4-nitrophenyl)methanol [common name: 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol], is a readily available reactive organic building block, commonly used in many organic reactions. As it can separate from the reaction mixture in the form of thin crystals and thus be mistakenly taken for the desired product (D. Drahoňovský, private communication), we decided to determined its molecular structure which surprisingly was unknown. The only structurally characterized compound comprising the title alcohol reported to date is a Zn(II) complex, [ZnL2(4-O2NC6H4CH2OH)2(H2O)2](NTf2)2 [where L = 1-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one and Tf = CF3SO3], isolated from the reaction mixture after zinc-catalysed trifluoromethylation of alcohols with L and Zn(NTf2)2 (Koller et al., 2009).
The molecular geometry of the title compound, Fig. 1, is rather unexceptional with bond distances falling in the usual ranges (Allen et al., 2006). The substituents in the para positions of the benzene ring bind symmetrically as indicated by the O2/O3—N1—C4 angles of 118.10 (9) ° and 119.34 (9) ° for the NO2 group and by the angles C2/C6—C1—C7 of 119.21 (10) ° and 121.32 (10) ° for the CH2OH moiety. The nitro group is rotated from the plane of the benzene ring by as little as 0.44 (13) °. On the other hand, the hydroxy group is displaced from the plane of the central ring, being rotated by the pivotal C1—C7 bond. The perpendicular distance of O1 atom from the plane of the benzene ring is 0.356 (1) Å and the torsion angle C6—C1—C7—O1 is 16.73 (16) °. A relatively small but statistically significant difference observed for the individual N—O distances [viz: N1—O2 = 1.2369 (12) Å and N1—O3 = 1.2240 (13) Å] can be accounted for by different intermolecular interactions in which the respective NO2 oxygen atoms participate.
In the crystal, molecules associate into ribbons via a combination of O—H···O and C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2 and Table 1). The shorter O1—H1O···O2 interactions result in the formation of infinite chains from molecules related by translation in the [1 0 1] direction, whereas the soft C3—H3···O3 contacts are formed between inversion-related molecules and thus cross-link the chains with their parallel, inversion-related counterparts into infinite ribbons oriented parallel to the ac plane.
Furthermore, the molecules associate into columnar stacks oriented along the crystallographic b-axis by means of π···π interactions (Figs. 3 and 4). The interacting molecules lie across crystallographic inversion centers and are therefore exactly parallel. Mutual offset of the interacting molecules by ca. 1.4 Å (pairs A in Fig. 3) and 1.7 Å (pairs B in Fig. 3) allows for efficient interactions between the the π-systems of the benzene rings and also for interactions between the π-systems of the benzene rings and the nitro groups. Distances of the centroids of the benzene rings are 3.6514 (7) Å for molecules located around inversion centres at b/2 (pairs A) and 3.8044 (7) Å for molecules related by the inversion centres at b = 0 and 1 (pairs B). Distances of the nitrogen atom from atom C1 in pairs A and B are ca. 4.2 Å and ca. 4.4 Å, respectively.