organic compounds
1-(Phenylsulfonyl)naphthalene
aCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, An'ning East Road No. 967, Gansu Province 730070, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: fuying@iccas.ac.cn
In the title compound, C16H12O2S, the phenyl ring is nearly perpendicular to the naphthalene system [dihedral angle = 80.3 (1)°]. The packing is consolidated by a weak C—H⋯π interaction involving neighbouring naphthalene and benzene rings. In addition, there exist two different offset π–π stacking interactions between benzene rings and between naphthalene systems of symmetry-related molecules [centroid–centroid distances = 3.876 (9) and 3.566 (4) Å, and slippage = 1.412 and 0.554 Å, respectively.
Related literature
For recent reports on the synthesis of arylsulfones, see: Boroujeni (2010); Bahrami et al. (2008). For their application, see: Borys et al. (2012); Padwa et al. (1990); Block (1992); Mackinnon & Wang (1998). For single-crystal structures of see: Chawdhury & Hargreaves (1971); Bacon & Curry (1960); Sime & Abrahams (1960); Jeyaraman & Velmurugan (1997).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell APEX2; data reduction: APEX2; 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
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030929/lr2072sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030929/lr2072Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030929/lr2072Isup3.mol
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812030929/lr2072Isup4.cml
For the synthesis of the title compound,see: Boroujeni (2010); Crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray analysis were grown by slow evaporation of a solution in petroleum ether-ethyl acetate (5:1).
All H atoms were geometrically positioned and refined using a riding model with C—H = 0.93 Å, Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(C).
Phenyl sulphone derivatives are an important class of organic sulfur compounds due to their broad spectrum of biological activities in a wide range of fields such as agrochemicals (Borys et al. 2012), pharmaceuticals (Padwa et al. 1990; Block, 1992) and polymers (Mackinnon & Wang, 1998). The molecular structure is shown in Fig. 1. All bond lengths and angles are in the normal range.
In the molecule of (I),Figure 1, both the naphthalene ring and the phenyl ring adopt essentially planar conformation with a maximum deviation of 0.0032 Å for the phenyl ring and 0.0038 Å for the naphthalene ring. The phenyl ring is nearly perpendicular to the naphthalene ring with the dihedral angle 80.3 (1)°.
The packing is stabilized by a weak C6–H6···π interaction, involving neighbouring naphthalene and benzene rings (-x+1,-y+1,-z) . In addition, there exist two different offset π—π stacking interactions one between the benzene and another between the naphthalene rings of symmetry-related molecules (via -x+1, -y, -z+1 and -x,-y+1, -z operations respectively), with centroid-centroid distances= 3.876 (9) and 3.566 (4), slippage = 1.412 and 0.554 Å respectively.
For recent reports on the synthesis of arylsulfones, see: Boroujeni (2010); Bahrami et al. (2008). For their application, see: Borys et al. (2012); Padwa et al. (1990); Block (1992); Mackinnon & Wang (1998). For single-crystal structures of
see: Chawdhury & Hargreaves (1971); Bacon & Curry (1960); Sime & Abrahams (1960); Jeyaraman & Velmurugan (1997).Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell
APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); 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. The molecular structure of (I), with atom labels and 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
C16H12O2S | Z = 2 |
Mr = 268.32 | F(000) = 280 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.387 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.721 (7) Å | Cell parameters from 2200 reflections |
b = 9.444 (9) Å | θ = 2.2–27.4° |
c = 9.726 (9) Å | µ = 0.25 mm−1 |
α = 86.669 (8)° | T = 296 K |
β = 74.690 (8)° | Block, colourless |
γ = 69.995 (7)° | 0.25 × 0.23 × 0.19 mm |
V = 642.4 (10) Å3 |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 2345 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1944 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.021 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 25.5°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | h = −9→8 |
Tmin = 0.941, Tmax = 0.955 | k = −11→10 |
4623 measured reflections | l = −11→11 |
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)] = 0.038 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.097 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0457P)2 + 0.1481P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2345 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
172 parameters | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
C16H12O2S | γ = 69.995 (7)° |
Mr = 268.32 | V = 642.4 (10) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.721 (7) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.444 (9) Å | µ = 0.25 mm−1 |
c = 9.726 (9) Å | T = 296 K |
α = 86.669 (8)° | 0.25 × 0.23 × 0.19 mm |
β = 74.690 (8)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 2345 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | 1944 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.941, Tmax = 0.955 | Rint = 0.021 |
4623 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.097 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.17 e Å−3 |
2345 reflections | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
172 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 | ||
C1 | 0.2011 (2) | 0.34105 (19) | 0.13095 (18) | 0.0371 (4) | |
C2 | 0.2381 (3) | 0.2563 (2) | 0.0103 (2) | 0.0471 (5) | |
H2 | 0.2356 | 0.1584 | 0.0184 | 0.056* | |
C3 | 0.2797 (3) | 0.3150 (2) | −0.1249 (2) | 0.0552 (5) | |
H3 | 0.3031 | 0.2566 | −0.2059 | 0.066* | |
C4 | 0.2859 (3) | 0.4559 (2) | −0.1378 (2) | 0.0542 (5) | |
H4 | 0.3140 | 0.4938 | −0.2282 | 0.065* | |
C5 | 0.2506 (3) | 0.5470 (2) | −0.0172 (2) | 0.0448 (5) | |
C6 | 0.2557 (3) | 0.6953 (3) | −0.0325 (3) | 0.0622 (6) | |
H6 | 0.2860 | 0.7320 | −0.1233 | 0.075* | |
C7 | 0.2173 (4) | 0.7842 (3) | 0.0828 (3) | 0.0703 (7) | |
H7 | 0.2213 | 0.8815 | 0.0712 | 0.084* | |
C8 | 0.1712 (3) | 0.7305 (2) | 0.2201 (3) | 0.0583 (6) | |
H8 | 0.1450 | 0.7929 | 0.2989 | 0.070* | |
C9 | 0.1642 (3) | 0.5888 (2) | 0.2401 (2) | 0.0460 (5) | |
H9 | 0.1324 | 0.5557 | 0.3322 | 0.055* | |
C10 | 0.2049 (2) | 0.49129 (19) | 0.12201 (19) | 0.0373 (4) | |
C11 | 0.3619 (3) | 0.21084 (19) | 0.35340 (18) | 0.0392 (4) | |
C12 | 0.5126 (3) | 0.0821 (2) | 0.2971 (2) | 0.0502 (5) | |
H12 | 0.5019 | 0.0197 | 0.2316 | 0.060* | |
C13 | 0.6790 (3) | 0.0470 (3) | 0.3391 (3) | 0.0609 (6) | |
H13 | 0.7810 | −0.0398 | 0.3021 | 0.073* | |
C14 | 0.6953 (3) | 0.1394 (3) | 0.4350 (2) | 0.0579 (6) | |
H14 | 0.8086 | 0.1158 | 0.4619 | 0.070* | |
C15 | 0.5448 (3) | 0.2663 (3) | 0.4913 (2) | 0.0577 (5) | |
H15 | 0.5562 | 0.3282 | 0.5569 | 0.069* | |
C16 | 0.3766 (3) | 0.3030 (2) | 0.4514 (2) | 0.0494 (5) | |
H16 | 0.2743 | 0.3889 | 0.4901 | 0.059* | |
O1 | −0.00281 (18) | 0.35703 (15) | 0.39697 (14) | 0.0523 (4) | |
O2 | 0.1356 (2) | 0.11219 (15) | 0.26565 (15) | 0.0560 (4) | |
S1 | 0.15229 (6) | 0.25301 (5) | 0.29564 (5) | 0.04155 (17) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0317 (9) | 0.0348 (9) | 0.0422 (9) | −0.0083 (7) | −0.0084 (8) | −0.0034 (7) |
C2 | 0.0484 (11) | 0.0388 (10) | 0.0508 (11) | −0.0095 (9) | −0.0128 (9) | −0.0070 (8) |
C3 | 0.0608 (14) | 0.0552 (13) | 0.0421 (11) | −0.0088 (11) | −0.0126 (10) | −0.0109 (9) |
C4 | 0.0538 (13) | 0.0589 (13) | 0.0405 (10) | −0.0100 (10) | −0.0093 (9) | 0.0048 (9) |
C5 | 0.0397 (10) | 0.0430 (11) | 0.0499 (11) | −0.0113 (8) | −0.0131 (9) | 0.0061 (8) |
C6 | 0.0703 (15) | 0.0524 (13) | 0.0690 (14) | −0.0276 (12) | −0.0209 (12) | 0.0187 (11) |
C7 | 0.0824 (17) | 0.0420 (12) | 0.0986 (19) | −0.0296 (12) | −0.0348 (15) | 0.0123 (13) |
C8 | 0.0635 (14) | 0.0398 (11) | 0.0764 (15) | −0.0139 (10) | −0.0290 (12) | −0.0083 (10) |
C9 | 0.0474 (11) | 0.0402 (11) | 0.0519 (11) | −0.0119 (9) | −0.0180 (9) | −0.0044 (8) |
C10 | 0.0301 (9) | 0.0369 (10) | 0.0445 (10) | −0.0088 (7) | −0.0120 (8) | −0.0007 (8) |
C11 | 0.0402 (10) | 0.0362 (10) | 0.0388 (9) | −0.0140 (8) | −0.0061 (8) | 0.0073 (8) |
C12 | 0.0511 (12) | 0.0403 (11) | 0.0538 (12) | −0.0113 (9) | −0.0102 (10) | −0.0001 (9) |
C13 | 0.0443 (12) | 0.0537 (13) | 0.0706 (14) | −0.0041 (10) | −0.0094 (11) | 0.0084 (11) |
C14 | 0.0475 (12) | 0.0718 (15) | 0.0585 (13) | −0.0240 (11) | −0.0187 (10) | 0.0170 (11) |
C15 | 0.0602 (14) | 0.0688 (15) | 0.0506 (12) | −0.0265 (12) | −0.0191 (11) | 0.0026 (10) |
C16 | 0.0504 (12) | 0.0475 (11) | 0.0454 (11) | −0.0125 (9) | −0.0093 (9) | −0.0014 (9) |
O1 | 0.0391 (8) | 0.0590 (9) | 0.0487 (8) | −0.0127 (6) | 0.0016 (6) | −0.0058 (6) |
O2 | 0.0611 (9) | 0.0454 (8) | 0.0689 (9) | −0.0308 (7) | −0.0122 (7) | 0.0019 (7) |
S1 | 0.0389 (3) | 0.0396 (3) | 0.0451 (3) | −0.0161 (2) | −0.0051 (2) | 0.00010 (19) |
C1—C2 | 1.369 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.415 (3) |
C1—C10 | 1.426 (3) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C1—S1 | 1.772 (2) | C11—C16 | 1.378 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.397 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.380 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C11—S1 | 1.763 (2) |
C3—C4 | 1.345 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.377 (3) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.407 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.370 (3) |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.413 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.369 (3) |
C5—C10 | 1.423 (3) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C6—C7 | 1.347 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.378 (3) |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C7—C8 | 1.400 (3) | C16—H16 | 0.9300 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | O1—S1 | 1.4335 (15) |
C8—C9 | 1.358 (3) | O2—S1 | 1.4328 (18) |
C8—H8 | 0.9300 | ||
C2—C1—C10 | 120.89 (17) | C9—C10—C5 | 117.97 (18) |
C2—C1—S1 | 116.45 (16) | C9—C10—C1 | 125.12 (17) |
C10—C1—S1 | 122.66 (13) | C5—C10—C1 | 116.90 (16) |
C1—C2—C3 | 120.9 (2) | C16—C11—C12 | 120.55 (19) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.6 | C16—C11—S1 | 121.51 (15) |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.6 | C12—C11—S1 | 117.94 (15) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.03 (19) | C13—C12—C11 | 119.3 (2) |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.0 | C13—C12—H12 | 120.4 |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.0 | C11—C12—H12 | 120.4 |
C3—C4—C5 | 121.27 (19) | C14—C13—C12 | 120.4 (2) |
C3—C4—H4 | 119.4 | C14—C13—H13 | 119.8 |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.4 | C12—C13—H13 | 119.8 |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.6 (2) | C15—C14—C13 | 120.1 (2) |
C4—C5—C10 | 120.02 (19) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
C6—C5—C10 | 119.37 (19) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
C7—C6—C5 | 120.8 (2) | C14—C15—C16 | 120.5 (2) |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C14—C15—H15 | 119.8 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.6 | C16—C15—H15 | 119.8 |
C6—C7—C8 | 120.2 (2) | C11—C16—C15 | 119.24 (19) |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.9 | C11—C16—H16 | 120.4 |
C8—C7—H7 | 119.9 | C15—C16—H16 | 120.4 |
C9—C8—C7 | 121.1 (2) | O2—S1—O1 | 118.25 (10) |
C9—C8—H8 | 119.4 | O2—S1—C11 | 107.09 (9) |
C7—C8—H8 | 119.4 | O1—S1—C11 | 108.84 (10) |
C8—C9—C10 | 120.5 (2) | O2—S1—C1 | 107.42 (10) |
C8—C9—H9 | 119.7 | O1—S1—C1 | 109.94 (10) |
C10—C9—H9 | 119.7 | C11—S1—C1 | 104.41 (9) |
C10—C1—C2—C3 | −0.4 (3) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | −0.5 (3) |
S1—C1—C2—C3 | −179.51 (15) | S1—C11—C12—C13 | 179.31 (15) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.8 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.4 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.2 (3) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.9 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −179.36 (19) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | −0.5 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C10 | −0.8 (3) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | 0.9 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | 178.3 (2) | S1—C11—C16—C15 | −178.94 (14) |
C10—C5—C6—C7 | −0.2 (3) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | −0.4 (3) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | −0.1 (4) | C16—C11—S1—O2 | −148.12 (15) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 0.0 (4) | C12—C11—S1—O2 | 32.06 (17) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | 0.5 (3) | C16—C11—S1—O1 | −19.20 (18) |
C8—C9—C10—C5 | −0.8 (3) | C12—C11—S1—O1 | 160.98 (14) |
C8—C9—C10—C1 | −179.78 (18) | C16—C11—S1—C1 | 98.16 (17) |
C4—C5—C10—C9 | −177.90 (17) | C12—C11—S1—C1 | −81.66 (17) |
C6—C5—C10—C9 | 0.7 (3) | C2—C1—S1—O2 | −8.25 (17) |
C4—C5—C10—C1 | 1.2 (3) | C10—C1—S1—O2 | 172.61 (14) |
C6—C5—C10—C1 | 179.75 (17) | C2—C1—S1—O1 | −138.16 (15) |
C2—C1—C10—C9 | 178.39 (18) | C10—C1—S1—O1 | 42.70 (17) |
S1—C1—C10—C9 | −2.5 (2) | C2—C1—S1—C11 | 105.24 (15) |
C2—C1—C10—C5 | −0.6 (3) | C10—C1—S1—C11 | −73.90 (15) |
S1—C1—C10—C5 | 178.48 (13) |
Cg is the centroid of the C11–C16 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···Cgi | 0.93 | 2.90 | 3.806 (5) | 166 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H12O2S |
Mr | 268.32 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.721 (7), 9.444 (9), 9.726 (9) |
α, β, γ (°) | 86.669 (8), 74.690 (8), 69.995 (7) |
V (Å3) | 642.4 (10) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.25 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.25 × 0.23 × 0.19 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.941, 0.955 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4623, 2345, 1944 |
Rint | 0.021 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.606 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.097, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 2345 |
No. of parameters | 172 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.17, −0.32 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
Cg is the centroid of the C11–C16 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···Cgi | 0.93 | 2.896 | 3.806 (5) | 166 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 20962017) and the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, China (grant No. 1107RJZA263).
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Phenyl sulphone derivatives are an important class of organic sulfur compounds due to their broad spectrum of biological activities in a wide range of fields such as agrochemicals (Borys et al. 2012), pharmaceuticals (Padwa et al. 1990; Block, 1992) and polymers (Mackinnon & Wang, 1998). The molecular structure is shown in Fig. 1. All bond lengths and angles are in the normal range.
In the molecule of (I),Figure 1, both the naphthalene ring and the phenyl ring adopt essentially planar conformation with a maximum deviation of 0.0032 Å for the phenyl ring and 0.0038 Å for the naphthalene ring. The phenyl ring is nearly perpendicular to the naphthalene ring with the dihedral angle 80.3 (1)°.
The packing is stabilized by a weak C6–H6···π interaction, involving neighbouring naphthalene and benzene rings (-x+1,-y+1,-z) . In addition, there exist two different offset π—π stacking interactions one between the benzene and another between the naphthalene rings of symmetry-related molecules (via -x+1, -y, -z+1 and -x,-y+1, -z operations respectively), with centroid-centroid distances= 3.876 (9) and 3.566 (4), slippage = 1.412 and 0.554 Å respectively.