organic compounds
2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl 3-methylbenzoate
aDepartamento de Química – Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Valle, Apartado 25360, Santiago de Cali, Colombia, and bInstituto de Física de São Carlos, IFSC, Universidade de São Paulo, USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
*Correspondence e-mail: rodimo26@yahoo.es
In the title benzoate derivative, C14H9N3O8, the benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 87.48 (5)°. The central ester unit forms an angle of 19.42 (7)° with the methylbenzene ring, indicating a significant twist. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O interactions forming a helical chain along [010].
Related literature
For synthesis of picric acid with charge-transfer complexes, see: Siddaraju et al. (2012); Refat et al. (2010); El-Medania et al. (2003). For the pharmacological and biochemical activity of picric acid, see: Khan & Ovesb (2010); Khan et al. (2011). For the non-linear optical properties of picric acid, see: Zaderenko et al. (1997). For the synthesis of nitroaromatic compounds with industrial use, see: Ju & Parales (2010). For similar structures, see: Adams & Morsi (1976); Gowda et al. (2007, 2008, 2009). For hydrogen bonding, see: Nardelli (1995). For hydrogen-bond graph-set motifs, see: Etter (1990).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) and SCALEPACK; 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 Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812027407/tk5112sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812027407/tk5112Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812027407/tk5112Isup3.cml
The reagents and solvents for the synthesis were obtained from the Aldrich Chemical Co., and were used without additional purification. The title molecule was obtained through a two-step reaction. First, 3-methylbenzoic acid (0.25 g, 1.838 mmol) was refluxed in excess thionyl chloride (10 ml) for an hour. Then, the thionyl chloride was distilled off under reduced pressure to purify the 3-methylbenzoyl chloride obtained as a pale-yellow translucent liquid. The same reaction flask was rearranged and a solution of picric acid (0.42 g, 1.835 mmol) in acetonitrile was dropped inside it with constant stirring. The reaction mixture was taken to reflux for about an hour. A pale-yellow solid was obtained after leaving the solvent to evaporate. This was washed with distilled water and cold methanol to eliminate impurities. Crystals of good quality and suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction were grown in acetonitrile. IR spectra was recorded on a FT—IR SHIMADZU IR-Affinity-1 spectrophotometer. Pale-yellow crystals; yield 73%; M.pt: 425 (1) K. IR (KBr, cm-1) 3114.37, 3086.94 (aromatic C—H); 2957.26, 2920.94 (methyl C—H); 1752.24 (ester C═O); 1613.04 (C═); 1547.90, 1343.62 (–NO2); 1234.22 (C(═O)—O).
All H-atoms were positioned at geometrically idealized positions with C—H distance of 0.93 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2 times Ueq of the C-atoms to which they were bonded.
The
of 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl 3-methylbenzoate, (I), is part of a series of studies on novel nitro aryl benzoates, carried out in our research group. This molecular system is strongly defined by the presence of the phenyl moiety coming from picric acid (TNP), which has not been employed previously in the synthesis of the title ester. TNP is interesting because of its widespread use in the synthesis of charge transfer complexes, which often tend to have significant crystalline properties (Siddaraju et al., 2012; Refat et al., 2010; El-Medania et al., 2003), pharmacological activity as anti-microbial agents and DNA-binding systems (Khan & Ovesb, 2010; Khan et al., 2011) and good non-linear optical (NLO) properties (Zaderenko et al., 1997). However, the properties of having the TNP moiety remain largely unknown. Therefore, this research will present a new compound, (I), with the aim to understand its properties. Moreover, is well known that nitroaromatics and their derivatives constitute a main class of industrial chemicals and are widely used as intermediates in the synthesis of many varied products, ranging from drugs, pigments, pesticides and plant growth regulators to the explosives (Ju & Parales, 2010).The molecular structure of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Bond lengths and bond angles of (I) show marked similarity with other aryl benzoates reported in the literature such as phenyl benzoate (PBA) (Adams & Morsi, 1976), 3-methylphenyl benzoate (3MePBA) (Gowda et al., 2007), 2,4-dimethylphenyl benzoate (24DMPBA) (Gowda et al., 2008), 2.5-dimethylphenyl benzoate (25DMPBA) (Gowda et al., 2009), among others. The benzene rings of (I) form a dihedral angle of 87.48 (5)°, a value which is quite consistent with other aryl benzoate systems such as 25DMPBA, 3MePBA and 24DMPBA which present dihedral angles of 87.4 (1), 80.3 (1) and 79.61 (6)°, respectively. The central ester moiety forms an angle of 19.42 (7)° with the methylbenzene ring to which it is attached. The nitro groups form dihedral angles with the benzene ring to which they are attached of 43.15 (10), 7.72 (14) and 13.56 (18)° for O1—N1—O2, O3—N2—O4 and O5—N3—O6, respectively.
The molecules are packed through weak C—H···O interactions forming one-dimensional helical chains along [010] (see Table 1, Nardelli, 1995). These intermolecular contacts are explained in terms of the
shown in Fig. 2. The C3 atom of the phenyl ring at (x,y,z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to carbonyl atom O8 at (-x-1, +y-1/2, -z-1/2). Growth in this direction is reinforced by the weak C13—H13···O3 interaction, in which the C13 atom of the benzoate ring at (x,y,z) acts as hydrogen-bond donor to atom O3 from one of the nitro groups at (-x-1, +y+1/2, -z-1/2). The combination of these two contacts generate edge-fused rings R22(10) (Etter, 1990), along [010].For synthesis of picric acid with charge-transfer complexes, see: Siddaraju et al. (2012); Refat et al. (2010); El-Medania et al. (2003). For the pharmacological and biochemical activity of picric acid, see: Khan & Ovesb (2010); Khan et al. (2011). For the non-linear optical properties of picric acid, see: Zaderenko et al. (1997). For the synthesis of nitroaromatic compounds with industrial use, see: Ju & Parales (2010). For similar structures, see: Adams & Morsi (1976); Gowda et al. (2007, 2008, 2009). For hydrogen bonding, see: Nardelli (1995). For hydrogen-bond graph-set motifs, see: Etter (1990).
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell
SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997; 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 Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).C14H9N3O8 | F(000) = 712 |
Mr = 347.24 | Dx = 1.550 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Melting point: 425(1) K |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.4947 (1) Å | Cell parameters from 5756 reflections |
b = 8.4366 (2) Å | θ = 3.0–26.4° |
c = 23.8574 (6) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
β = 99.365 (1)° | T = 295 K |
V = 1488.39 (6) Å3 | Block, pale-yellow |
Z = 4 | 0.38 × 0.34 × 0.28 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2373 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.016 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 26.4°, θmin = 3.0° |
CCD rotation images, thick slices scans | h = −9→9 |
5874 measured reflections | k = −10→10 |
3043 independent reflections | l = −29→29 |
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)] = 0.044 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.126 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0676P)2 + 0.2831P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3043 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
226 parameters | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
C14H9N3O8 | V = 1488.39 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 347.24 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.4947 (1) Å | µ = 0.13 mm−1 |
b = 8.4366 (2) Å | T = 295 K |
c = 23.8574 (6) Å | 0.38 × 0.34 × 0.28 mm |
β = 99.365 (1)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2373 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
5874 measured reflections | Rint = 0.016 |
3043 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.044 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.126 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.19 e Å−3 |
3043 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
226 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 | ||
O7 | 0.90799 (14) | 0.93604 (12) | 0.81583 (5) | 0.0483 (3) | |
O8 | 0.89917 (15) | 1.20129 (13) | 0.81861 (5) | 0.0505 (3) | |
C1 | 0.80954 (19) | 0.93669 (16) | 0.76227 (6) | 0.0391 (3) | |
C5 | 0.7782 (2) | 0.95541 (18) | 0.66027 (7) | 0.0454 (4) | |
H5 | 0.8253 | 0.9833 | 0.6279 | 0.054* | |
C3 | 0.5283 (2) | 0.85846 (18) | 0.70267 (6) | 0.0420 (4) | |
H3 | 0.4117 | 0.8176 | 0.6989 | 0.050* | |
C7 | 0.95268 (19) | 1.08060 (17) | 0.84158 (6) | 0.0394 (3) | |
C2 | 0.63119 (19) | 0.88363 (17) | 0.75520 (6) | 0.0392 (3) | |
O6 | 1.17307 (17) | 1.0163 (2) | 0.75989 (6) | 0.0837 (5) | |
C4 | 0.6059 (2) | 0.89658 (18) | 0.65603 (6) | 0.0440 (4) | |
N1 | 0.54579 (18) | 0.85492 (17) | 0.80541 (6) | 0.0503 (4) | |
C8 | 1.0651 (2) | 1.05927 (19) | 0.89762 (6) | 0.0440 (4) | |
C6 | 0.88038 (19) | 0.97246 (17) | 0.71349 (7) | 0.0423 (4) | |
O2 | 0.45102 (19) | 0.73845 (17) | 0.80489 (6) | 0.0738 (4) | |
N3 | 1.06867 (19) | 1.02766 (17) | 0.71553 (7) | 0.0549 (4) | |
N2 | 0.4983 (2) | 0.8763 (2) | 0.59912 (6) | 0.0605 (4) | |
O1 | 0.5703 (2) | 0.95298 (19) | 0.84340 (5) | 0.0800 (5) | |
C13 | 1.0733 (2) | 1.1822 (2) | 0.93617 (7) | 0.0534 (4) | |
H13 | 1.0100 | 1.2754 | 0.9260 | 0.064* | |
O4 | 0.5610 (2) | 0.9263 (2) | 0.55895 (6) | 0.0926 (5) | |
C9 | 1.1597 (2) | 0.9197 (2) | 0.91180 (8) | 0.0561 (4) | |
H9 | 1.1550 | 0.8373 | 0.8857 | 0.067* | |
O5 | 1.1103 (2) | 1.07925 (18) | 0.67223 (7) | 0.0818 (5) | |
O3 | 0.3529 (2) | 0.8124 (2) | 0.59560 (6) | 0.0989 (6) | |
C10 | 1.2612 (3) | 0.9054 (3) | 0.96550 (9) | 0.0725 (6) | |
H10 | 1.3260 | 0.8129 | 0.9756 | 0.087* | |
C12 | 1.1757 (3) | 1.1678 (3) | 0.99043 (7) | 0.0637 (5) | |
C11 | 1.2666 (3) | 1.0267 (3) | 1.00373 (8) | 0.0739 (6) | |
H11 | 1.3335 | 1.0139 | 1.0398 | 0.089* | |
C14 | 1.1835 (4) | 1.3021 (3) | 1.03270 (9) | 0.0947 (8) | |
H14A | 1.1121 | 1.3893 | 1.0156 | 0.142* | |
H14B | 1.3066 | 1.3358 | 1.0436 | 0.142* | |
H14C | 1.1367 | 1.2667 | 1.0657 | 0.142* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O7 | 0.0535 (6) | 0.0349 (6) | 0.0487 (6) | −0.0045 (4) | −0.0147 (5) | 0.0028 (5) |
O8 | 0.0610 (7) | 0.0369 (6) | 0.0502 (6) | −0.0019 (5) | −0.0013 (5) | 0.0013 (5) |
C1 | 0.0426 (8) | 0.0275 (7) | 0.0432 (8) | 0.0017 (6) | −0.0056 (6) | −0.0010 (6) |
C5 | 0.0509 (9) | 0.0403 (8) | 0.0461 (9) | 0.0085 (7) | 0.0115 (7) | −0.0015 (7) |
C3 | 0.0398 (7) | 0.0385 (8) | 0.0444 (8) | −0.0002 (6) | −0.0028 (6) | −0.0039 (6) |
C7 | 0.0369 (7) | 0.0375 (8) | 0.0425 (8) | −0.0071 (6) | 0.0030 (6) | 0.0001 (6) |
C2 | 0.0439 (8) | 0.0318 (7) | 0.0397 (8) | −0.0014 (6) | 0.0002 (6) | 0.0002 (6) |
O6 | 0.0411 (7) | 0.1268 (14) | 0.0802 (10) | −0.0085 (7) | 0.0011 (7) | −0.0216 (9) |
C4 | 0.0473 (8) | 0.0421 (8) | 0.0395 (8) | 0.0081 (6) | −0.0020 (6) | −0.0064 (6) |
N1 | 0.0515 (8) | 0.0516 (8) | 0.0451 (8) | −0.0095 (7) | −0.0002 (6) | 0.0054 (6) |
C8 | 0.0380 (7) | 0.0521 (9) | 0.0402 (8) | −0.0120 (7) | 0.0011 (6) | 0.0028 (7) |
C6 | 0.0386 (7) | 0.0328 (7) | 0.0543 (9) | 0.0026 (6) | 0.0040 (7) | −0.0036 (6) |
O2 | 0.0792 (9) | 0.0595 (8) | 0.0852 (10) | −0.0265 (7) | 0.0204 (7) | 0.0087 (7) |
N3 | 0.0453 (8) | 0.0413 (8) | 0.0786 (11) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0114 (8) | −0.0086 (7) |
N2 | 0.0637 (10) | 0.0724 (10) | 0.0417 (8) | 0.0131 (8) | −0.0023 (7) | −0.0065 (7) |
O1 | 0.0935 (10) | 0.1009 (12) | 0.0478 (7) | −0.0366 (9) | 0.0178 (7) | −0.0204 (8) |
C13 | 0.0520 (9) | 0.0604 (10) | 0.0471 (9) | −0.0178 (8) | 0.0060 (7) | −0.0026 (8) |
O4 | 0.0837 (10) | 0.1518 (16) | 0.0412 (7) | 0.0160 (10) | 0.0066 (7) | 0.0088 (9) |
C9 | 0.0489 (9) | 0.0654 (11) | 0.0502 (9) | −0.0012 (8) | −0.0035 (7) | 0.0051 (8) |
O5 | 0.0700 (9) | 0.0748 (10) | 0.1047 (12) | −0.0148 (7) | 0.0267 (8) | 0.0253 (8) |
O3 | 0.0843 (11) | 0.1433 (16) | 0.0592 (9) | −0.0384 (11) | −0.0183 (7) | −0.0077 (9) |
C10 | 0.0568 (11) | 0.0928 (16) | 0.0612 (12) | 0.0017 (10) | −0.0103 (9) | 0.0176 (11) |
C12 | 0.0622 (11) | 0.0871 (14) | 0.0417 (9) | −0.0342 (11) | 0.0078 (8) | −0.0066 (9) |
C11 | 0.0560 (11) | 0.1151 (18) | 0.0453 (10) | −0.0233 (12) | −0.0081 (8) | 0.0099 (11) |
C14 | 0.1136 (18) | 0.118 (2) | 0.0529 (12) | −0.0513 (16) | 0.0130 (11) | −0.0233 (12) |
O7—C1 | 1.3676 (17) | C8—C9 | 1.388 (2) |
O7—C7 | 1.3820 (18) | C6—N3 | 1.479 (2) |
O8—C7 | 1.1942 (18) | N3—O5 | 1.208 (2) |
C1—C6 | 1.389 (2) | N2—O3 | 1.207 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.394 (2) | N2—O4 | 1.210 (2) |
C5—C4 | 1.372 (2) | C13—C12 | 1.399 (2) |
C5—C6 | 1.379 (2) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C9—C10 | 1.385 (2) |
C3—C4 | 1.375 (2) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C3—C2 | 1.377 (2) | C10—C11 | 1.367 (3) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C7—C8 | 1.471 (2) | C12—C11 | 1.382 (3) |
C2—N1 | 1.467 (2) | C12—C14 | 1.512 (3) |
O6—N3 | 1.2132 (19) | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C4—N2 | 1.472 (2) | C14—H14A | 0.9600 |
N1—O2 | 1.2113 (18) | C14—H14B | 0.9600 |
N1—O1 | 1.2188 (19) | C14—H14C | 0.9600 |
C8—C13 | 1.381 (2) | ||
C1—O7—C7 | 117.82 (11) | O5—N3—O6 | 123.69 (16) |
O7—C1—C6 | 124.20 (13) | O5—N3—C6 | 117.60 (15) |
O7—C1—C2 | 118.21 (14) | O6—N3—C6 | 118.70 (15) |
C6—C1—C2 | 117.29 (13) | O3—N2—O4 | 124.29 (16) |
C4—C5—C6 | 118.72 (15) | O3—N2—C4 | 117.98 (16) |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.6 | O4—N2—C4 | 117.73 (16) |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.6 | C8—C13—C12 | 120.63 (18) |
C4—C3—C2 | 116.89 (14) | C8—C13—H13 | 119.7 |
C4—C3—H3 | 121.6 | C12—C13—H13 | 119.7 |
C2—C3—H3 | 121.6 | C10—C9—C8 | 118.80 (18) |
O8—C7—O7 | 120.62 (13) | C10—C9—H9 | 120.6 |
O8—C7—C8 | 128.42 (14) | C8—C9—H9 | 120.6 |
O7—C7—C8 | 110.95 (12) | C11—C10—C9 | 120.3 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 122.95 (14) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.9 |
C3—C2—N1 | 117.60 (13) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.9 |
C1—C2—N1 | 119.44 (13) | C11—C12—C13 | 117.58 (18) |
C5—C4—C3 | 122.82 (14) | C11—C12—C14 | 121.89 (19) |
C5—C4—N2 | 118.55 (15) | C13—C12—C14 | 120.5 (2) |
C3—C4—N2 | 118.61 (14) | C10—C11—C12 | 122.12 (17) |
O2—N1—O1 | 125.12 (15) | C10—C11—H11 | 118.9 |
O2—N1—C2 | 117.30 (14) | C12—C11—H11 | 118.9 |
O1—N1—C2 | 117.52 (13) | C12—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C9 | 120.61 (15) | C12—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C7 | 118.07 (15) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C9—C8—C7 | 121.32 (15) | C12—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 121.20 (14) | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—N3 | 116.54 (15) | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C1—C6—N3 | 122.25 (14) | ||
C7—O7—C1—C6 | 75.78 (19) | C4—C5—C6—N3 | 176.60 (13) |
C7—O7—C1—C2 | −110.65 (15) | O7—C1—C6—C5 | 173.36 (13) |
C1—O7—C7—O8 | 3.5 (2) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.3 (2) |
C1—O7—C7—C8 | −177.40 (13) | O7—C1—C6—N3 | −5.5 (2) |
C4—C3—C2—C1 | −3.5 (2) | C2—C1—C6—N3 | −179.14 (13) |
C4—C3—C2—N1 | 175.52 (13) | C5—C6—N3—O5 | 12.3 (2) |
O7—C1—C2—C3 | −170.71 (13) | C1—C6—N3—O5 | −168.75 (15) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 3.3 (2) | C5—C6—N3—O6 | −166.39 (15) |
O7—C1—C2—N1 | 10.3 (2) | C1—C6—N3—O6 | 12.5 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—N1 | −175.72 (13) | C5—C4—N2—O3 | 173.96 (18) |
C6—C5—C4—C3 | 2.1 (2) | C3—C4—N2—O3 | −7.2 (2) |
C6—C5—C4—N2 | −179.10 (13) | C5—C4—N2—O4 | −6.7 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.7 (2) | C3—C4—N2—O4 | 172.15 (16) |
C2—C3—C4—N2 | −178.05 (13) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −0.6 (2) |
C3—C2—N1—O2 | 41.7 (2) | C7—C8—C13—C12 | 179.01 (15) |
C1—C2—N1—O2 | −139.18 (15) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | 0.5 (3) |
C3—C2—N1—O1 | −135.63 (16) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −179.05 (16) |
C1—C2—N1—O1 | 43.4 (2) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 0.4 (3) |
O8—C7—C8—C13 | 19.5 (2) | C8—C13—C12—C11 | −0.3 (3) |
O7—C7—C8—C13 | −159.49 (14) | C8—C13—C12—C14 | −179.62 (17) |
O8—C7—C8—C9 | −160.88 (17) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.3 (3) |
O7—C7—C8—C9 | 20.1 (2) | C13—C12—C11—C10 | 1.3 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | −2.3 (2) | C14—C12—C11—C10 | −179.43 (19) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···O8i | 0.93 | 2.50 | 3.4276 (19) | 176 |
C13—H13···O3ii | 0.93 | 2.70 | 3.346 (2) | 127 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H9N3O8 |
Mr | 347.24 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.4947 (1), 8.4366 (2), 23.8574 (6) |
β (°) | 99.365 (1) |
V (Å3) | 1488.39 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.13 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.38 × 0.34 × 0.28 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 5874, 3043, 2373 |
Rint | 0.016 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.625 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.044, 0.126, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 3043 |
No. of parameters | 226 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.19, −0.22 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000), SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997, SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3···O8i | 0.93 | 2.50 | 3.4276 (19) | 176 |
C13—H13···O3ii | 0.93 | 2.70 | 3.346 (2) | 127 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2. |
Acknowledgements
RMF is grateful to the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) for the use of a free-of-charge licence to the Cambridge Structural Database. RMF also thanks the Universidad del Valle, Colombia, for partial financial support.
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The structure determination of 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl 3-methylbenzoate, (I), is part of a series of studies on novel nitro aryl benzoates, carried out in our research group. This molecular system is strongly defined by the presence of the phenyl moiety coming from picric acid (TNP), which has not been employed previously in the synthesis of the title ester. TNP is interesting because of its widespread use in the synthesis of charge transfer complexes, which often tend to have significant crystalline properties (Siddaraju et al., 2012; Refat et al., 2010; El-Medania et al., 2003), pharmacological activity as anti-microbial agents and DNA-binding systems (Khan & Ovesb, 2010; Khan et al., 2011) and good non-linear optical (NLO) properties (Zaderenko et al., 1997). However, the properties of esters having the TNP moiety remain largely unknown. Therefore, this research will present a new compound, (I), with the aim to understand its properties. Moreover, is well known that nitroaromatics and their derivatives constitute a main class of industrial chemicals and are widely used as intermediates in the synthesis of many varied products, ranging from drugs, pigments, pesticides and plant growth regulators to the explosives (Ju & Parales, 2010).
The molecular structure of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Bond lengths and bond angles of (I) show marked similarity with other aryl benzoates reported in the literature such as phenyl benzoate (PBA) (Adams & Morsi, 1976), 3-methylphenyl benzoate (3MePBA) (Gowda et al., 2007), 2,4-dimethylphenyl benzoate (24DMPBA) (Gowda et al., 2008), 2.5-dimethylphenyl benzoate (25DMPBA) (Gowda et al., 2009), among others. The benzene rings of (I) form a dihedral angle of 87.48 (5)°, a value which is quite consistent with other aryl benzoate systems such as 25DMPBA, 3MePBA and 24DMPBA which present dihedral angles of 87.4 (1), 80.3 (1) and 79.61 (6)°, respectively. The central ester moiety forms an angle of 19.42 (7)° with the methylbenzene ring to which it is attached. The nitro groups form dihedral angles with the benzene ring to which they are attached of 43.15 (10), 7.72 (14) and 13.56 (18)° for O1—N1—O2, O3—N2—O4 and O5—N3—O6, respectively.
The molecules are packed through weak C—H···O interactions forming one-dimensional helical chains along [010] (see Table 1, Nardelli, 1995). These intermolecular contacts are explained in terms of the substructure shown in Fig. 2. The C3 atom of the phenyl ring at (x,y,z) acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to carbonyl atom O8 at (-x-1, +y-1/2, -z-1/2). Growth in this direction is reinforced by the weak C13—H13···O3 interaction, in which the C13 atom of the benzoate ring at (x,y,z) acts as hydrogen-bond donor to atom O3 from one of the nitro groups at (-x-1, +y+1/2, -z-1/2). The combination of these two contacts generate edge-fused rings R22(10) (Etter, 1990), along [010].