organic compounds
4-Formyl-2-nitrophenyl 4-bromobenzoate
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 compound, C14H8BrNO5, the benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 62.90 (7)°. The central ester group is twisted away from the nitro-substituted and bromo-substituted rings by 71.67 (7) and 8.78 (15)°, respectively. The nitro group forms a dihedral angle of 7.77 (16)° with the benzene ring to which it is attached. In the crystal, molecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O interactions, forming C(12) chains which run along [001]. Halogen–halogen interactions [Br⋯Br = 3.523 (3) Å] within the chains stabilized by C—H⋯O interactions are observed.
Related literature
For medicinal and pharmaceutical properties of nitroaromatic compounds, see: Jefford & Zaslona (1985); Bhattacharya et al. (2006); Benedini et al. (1995); For similar structures, see: Moreno-Fuquen et al. (2011, 2013); Moreno-Fuquen (2011). For van der Waals radii, see: Bondi (1964). For halogen–halogen interactions see Awwadi et al. (2006); Hathwar et al. (2010). For hydrogen bonding, see: Etter (1990); Nardelli (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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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, 2012) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813010830/hg5309sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813010830/hg5309Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813010830/hg5309Isup3.cml
The reagents and solvents for the synthesis were obtained from the Aldrich Chemical Co., and were used without additional purification. In a 100 ml round bottom flask 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzaldehyde (0.571 mmol, 0.20 g) and 4-bromobenzoyl chloride in equimolar amounts, were dissolved in 20 mL of acetonitrile. Also a few drops of pyridine were added. Then the mixture was left to reflux in constant stirring for about two hours. A colourless solid was obtained after leaving the solvent to evaporate. IR spectra were recorded on a FT-IR SHIMADZU IR-Affinity-1 spectrophotometer. Colourless crystals; m.p 422 (1)K. IR (KBr) 3101.90 cm-1, 3072.12 cm-1 (aromatic C-H); 1741.61 cm-1 (benzaldehyde C=O); 1710.5 cm-1 (ester C=O), 1228.04 cm-1 (ester C-O); 1533.35 cm-1, 1339.51 cm-1 (nitro –NO2); 1072.81 cm-1 (C=C); 742.43 cm-1(Br-C).
All the H-atoms attached to C atoms were positioned at geometrically idealized positions and treated as riding with C—H= 0.96 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(C).
Esters containing aromatic nitro-substituted rings can be used as precursors for the preparation of compounds with potential analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties (Jefford & Zaslona, 1985). Indeed, many pharmaceuticals come from a variety of nitroaromatic compounds. Acetaminophen for example, a widely used drug, is sinthesized from p-nitrophenol (Bhattacharya et al., 2006). Other nitro-aromatic
show marked inhibitory activity against ischemic-induced electrocardiographic changes (Benedini et al., 1995). In order to complement the structural information about nitroaryl compounds the title ester, 4-formyl-2-nitrophenyl 4-bromo benzoate, (I), was synthesized. The molecular structure of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Bond lengths and bond angles in (I), show marked similarity with other aryl benzoates reported in the literature such as 4-methylphenyl 4-bromobenzoate (MPBrB) (Moreno-Fuquen et al., 2011), 4-nitrophenyl 4-bromobenzoate (NPBrB) (Moreno-Fuquen, 2011) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-4-chlorobenzoate (TNPClB) (Moreno-Fuquen et al., 2013). However, it was noticed in (I) that the bond length O4-C1 in the ester moety, is shortened if it is compared with analogous distances in systems like MPBrB, NPBrB and the majority of similar aromatic This behavior is comparable with those ones well described for trinitro-phenyl benzoates, such as TNPClB, as a consequence of resonance effects over the structure, prominently caused for ortho-nitro-substitution. The benzene rings of (I) form a dihedral angle of 62.90 (7)°, a value close to the value presented in TNPClB and NPBrB systems [63.46 (5)° and 64.98 (10)°] respectively. The ester group is twisted away from the nitro-substituted and bromo-substituted benzene rings by 71.67 (7)° and 8.78 (15)° respectively. The nitro group forms a dihedral angle with the benzene ring to which it is attached of 7.77 (16)°.The crystal packing shows no classical hydrogen bonds and it is stabilized by weak C-H···O intermolecular interactions, forming C(12) chains along [001] (see Fig. 2; Etter, 1990). The C13 atom of the benzoic ring at (x,y,z) acts as hydrogen-bond donors to O1 atom at (x,-y+1/2,+z-1/2) (see Table 1; Nardelli, 1995).
Recent theoretical calculations show that halogen···halogen interactions are controlled by electrostatic forces and they display directional character (Awwadi et al., 2006). In the title structure, halogen···halogen interactions [Br···Br = 3.523 (3) Å] within the chains stabilized by C—H···O interactions are observed. This Br···Br distance is much shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii (3.70 Å) (Bondi, 1964). These interactions can be considered type I with trans geometry (Hathwar et al., 2010).
For medicinal and pharmaceutical properties of nitroaromatic compounds, see: Jefford & Zaslona (1985); Bhattacharya et al. (2006); Benedini et al. (1995); For similar structures, see: Moreno-Fuquen et al. (2011, 2013); Moreno-Fuquen (2011). For van der Waals radii, see: Bondi (1964). For halogen–halogen interactions see Awwadi et al. (2006); Hathwar et al. (2010). For hydrogen bonding, see: Etter (1990); Nardelli (1995).
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, 2012) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).C14H8BrNO5 | F(000) = 696 |
Mr = 350.12 | Dx = 1.731 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Melting point: 422(1) K |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 6.5308 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 3737 reflections |
b = 8.2253 (2) Å | θ = 3.0–26.4° |
c = 25.6860 (8) Å | µ = 3.08 mm−1 |
β = 103.1910 (9)° | T = 295 K |
V = 1343.38 (7) Å3 | Prism, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.38 × 0.16 × 0.12 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2746 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2095 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.086 |
CCD rotation images, thick slices scans | θmax = 26.4°, θmin = 3.0° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | h = −8→6 |
Tmin = 0.568, Tmax = 0.687 | k = −10→9 |
16446 measured reflections | l = −32→32 |
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)] = 0.041 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0507P)2 + 0.4984P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2746 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
190 parameters | Δρmax = 0.43 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.39 e Å−3 |
C14H8BrNO5 | V = 1343.38 (7) Å3 |
Mr = 350.12 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.5308 (2) Å | µ = 3.08 mm−1 |
b = 8.2253 (2) Å | T = 295 K |
c = 25.6860 (8) Å | 0.38 × 0.16 × 0.12 mm |
β = 103.1910 (9)° |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2746 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 2095 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.568, Tmax = 0.687 | Rint = 0.086 |
16446 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.113 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.43 e Å−3 |
2746 reflections | Δρmin = −0.39 e Å−3 |
190 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 | ||
Br1 | 1.31938 (6) | 0.42327 (5) | 0.035355 (14) | 0.08659 (19) | |
O1 | 0.7475 (5) | 0.4084 (3) | 0.49383 (11) | 0.0950 (8) | |
O2 | 1.3030 (4) | 0.2431 (3) | 0.40032 (11) | 0.0952 (8) | |
N1 | 1.1928 (4) | 0.2760 (3) | 0.35705 (11) | 0.0598 (6) | |
C1 | 0.8918 (4) | 0.4497 (3) | 0.31011 (11) | 0.0499 (6) | |
C2 | 0.7088 (4) | 0.5329 (3) | 0.31062 (12) | 0.0587 (7) | |
H2 | 0.6359 | 0.5890 | 0.2790 | 0.070* | |
C3 | 0.6341 (5) | 0.5347 (3) | 0.35660 (12) | 0.0600 (7) | |
H3 | 0.5051 | 0.5909 | 0.3563 | 0.072* | |
C4 | 0.7415 (4) | 0.4571 (3) | 0.40263 (11) | 0.0542 (6) | |
C5 | 0.9260 (4) | 0.3742 (3) | 0.40244 (10) | 0.0509 (6) | |
H5 | 1.0040 | 0.3205 | 0.4339 | 0.061* | |
C6 | 0.9988 (4) | 0.3692 (3) | 0.35613 (11) | 0.0487 (6) | |
O3 | 1.2303 (4) | 0.2336 (3) | 0.31487 (10) | 0.0826 (7) | |
O4 | 0.9767 (3) | 0.4597 (2) | 0.26543 (7) | 0.0585 (5) | |
O5 | 0.7279 (3) | 0.2919 (2) | 0.21998 (8) | 0.0638 (5) | |
C7 | 0.6609 (5) | 0.4666 (4) | 0.45221 (12) | 0.0622 (7) | |
H7 | 0.5332 | 0.5250 | 0.4518 | 0.075* | |
C8 | 0.8811 (4) | 0.3721 (3) | 0.22136 (10) | 0.0495 (6) | |
C9 | 0.9929 (4) | 0.3918 (3) | 0.17757 (10) | 0.0472 (6) | |
C10 | 1.1847 (4) | 0.4683 (3) | 0.18437 (11) | 0.0525 (6) | |
H10 | 1.2502 | 0.5140 | 0.2185 | 0.063* | |
C11 | 1.2847 (4) | 0.4808 (3) | 0.14219 (12) | 0.0575 (7) | |
H11 | 1.4190 | 0.5329 | 0.1463 | 0.069* | |
C12 | 1.1860 (5) | 0.4152 (3) | 0.09351 (11) | 0.0557 (7) | |
C13 | 0.9933 (5) | 0.3400 (4) | 0.08568 (12) | 0.0630 (7) | |
H13 | 0.9283 | 0.2961 | 0.0512 | 0.076* | |
C14 | 0.8966 (4) | 0.3285 (3) | 0.12789 (11) | 0.0576 (7) | |
H14 | 0.7617 | 0.2769 | 0.1231 | 0.069* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Br1 | 0.0923 (3) | 0.1169 (4) | 0.0618 (3) | −0.00649 (19) | 0.0410 (2) | 0.00527 (18) |
O1 | 0.112 (2) | 0.121 (2) | 0.0613 (17) | 0.0260 (15) | 0.0380 (15) | 0.0109 (14) |
O2 | 0.0753 (14) | 0.133 (2) | 0.0756 (17) | 0.0367 (14) | 0.0142 (13) | 0.0138 (15) |
N1 | 0.0586 (13) | 0.0586 (13) | 0.0649 (16) | 0.0002 (10) | 0.0197 (12) | −0.0011 (12) |
C1 | 0.0572 (15) | 0.0541 (14) | 0.0397 (14) | −0.0125 (11) | 0.0138 (11) | −0.0027 (11) |
C2 | 0.0602 (16) | 0.0662 (16) | 0.0492 (16) | 0.0020 (13) | 0.0113 (13) | 0.0072 (13) |
C3 | 0.0592 (16) | 0.0650 (17) | 0.0578 (18) | 0.0083 (13) | 0.0171 (14) | 0.0017 (14) |
C4 | 0.0619 (16) | 0.0555 (15) | 0.0495 (16) | 0.0002 (12) | 0.0217 (13) | −0.0024 (12) |
C5 | 0.0609 (16) | 0.0520 (13) | 0.0407 (14) | −0.0010 (12) | 0.0138 (12) | 0.0011 (11) |
C6 | 0.0511 (14) | 0.0451 (12) | 0.0525 (15) | −0.0026 (11) | 0.0168 (12) | −0.0029 (11) |
O3 | 0.0878 (15) | 0.0896 (15) | 0.0811 (16) | 0.0140 (12) | 0.0415 (13) | −0.0103 (13) |
O4 | 0.0624 (11) | 0.0732 (12) | 0.0424 (11) | −0.0174 (9) | 0.0169 (9) | −0.0027 (9) |
O5 | 0.0610 (11) | 0.0761 (12) | 0.0576 (12) | −0.0208 (10) | 0.0202 (9) | −0.0045 (9) |
C7 | 0.078 (2) | 0.0668 (17) | 0.0487 (17) | 0.0074 (14) | 0.0293 (15) | −0.0008 (14) |
C8 | 0.0528 (15) | 0.0511 (13) | 0.0439 (14) | −0.0011 (12) | 0.0096 (11) | 0.0023 (11) |
C9 | 0.0505 (14) | 0.0475 (13) | 0.0444 (14) | 0.0002 (10) | 0.0125 (11) | 0.0026 (11) |
C10 | 0.0539 (15) | 0.0569 (14) | 0.0460 (15) | −0.0046 (12) | 0.0101 (12) | −0.0037 (12) |
C11 | 0.0564 (15) | 0.0607 (16) | 0.0581 (18) | −0.0075 (13) | 0.0184 (13) | 0.0011 (13) |
C12 | 0.0646 (16) | 0.0621 (16) | 0.0442 (15) | 0.0054 (13) | 0.0205 (13) | 0.0077 (12) |
C13 | 0.0703 (18) | 0.0736 (18) | 0.0439 (15) | −0.0067 (15) | 0.0104 (13) | −0.0018 (13) |
C14 | 0.0554 (15) | 0.0690 (17) | 0.0479 (16) | −0.0100 (13) | 0.0105 (12) | −0.0014 (13) |
Br1—C12 | 1.894 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9601 |
O1—C7 | 1.190 (4) | O4—C8 | 1.367 (3) |
O2—N1 | 1.209 (3) | O5—C8 | 1.192 (3) |
N1—O3 | 1.215 (3) | C7—H7 | 0.9599 |
N1—C6 | 1.476 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.483 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.380 (4) | C9—C10 | 1.377 (4) |
C1—O4 | 1.386 (3) | C9—C14 | 1.389 (4) |
C1—C6 | 1.395 (4) | C10—C11 | 1.391 (4) |
C2—C3 | 1.377 (4) | C10—H10 | 0.9599 |
C2—H2 | 0.9599 | C11—C12 | 1.380 (4) |
C3—C4 | 1.385 (4) | C11—H11 | 0.9600 |
C3—H3 | 0.9600 | C12—C13 | 1.375 (4) |
C4—C5 | 1.385 (4) | C13—C14 | 1.377 (4) |
C4—C7 | 1.487 (4) | C13—H13 | 0.9601 |
C5—C6 | 1.379 (3) | C14—H14 | 0.9600 |
O2—N1—O3 | 123.8 (3) | O1—C7—H7 | 116.4 |
O2—N1—C6 | 117.4 (2) | C4—C7—H7 | 119.5 |
O3—N1—C6 | 118.8 (2) | O5—C8—O4 | 122.6 (2) |
C2—C1—O4 | 119.3 (2) | O5—C8—C9 | 126.4 (2) |
C2—C1—C6 | 119.7 (3) | O4—C8—C9 | 111.1 (2) |
O4—C1—C6 | 120.8 (2) | C10—C9—C14 | 119.7 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.4 (3) | C10—C9—C8 | 123.0 (2) |
C3—C2—H2 | 121.0 | C14—C9—C8 | 117.2 (2) |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.6 | C9—C10—C11 | 120.7 (3) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.2 (3) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.8 |
C2—C3—H3 | 118.8 | C11—C10—H10 | 119.5 |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.0 | C12—C11—C10 | 118.1 (2) |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.7 (3) | C12—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
C3—C4—C7 | 119.9 (3) | C10—C11—H11 | 121.8 |
C5—C4—C7 | 120.5 (3) | C13—C12—C11 | 122.1 (3) |
C6—C5—C4 | 119.3 (2) | C13—C12—Br1 | 118.1 (2) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.5 | C11—C12—Br1 | 119.8 (2) |
C4—C5—H5 | 121.2 | C12—C13—C14 | 119.0 (3) |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.8 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.1 |
C5—C6—N1 | 117.8 (2) | C14—C13—H13 | 120.9 |
C1—C6—N1 | 121.5 (2) | C13—C14—C9 | 120.3 (3) |
C8—O4—C1 | 117.44 (19) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.1 |
O1—C7—C4 | 124.0 (3) | C9—C14—H14 | 119.6 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C13—H13···O1i | 0.96 | 2.37 | 3.254 (4) | 153 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C14H8BrNO5 |
Mr | 350.12 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 295 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.5308 (2), 8.2253 (2), 25.6860 (8) |
β (°) | 103.1910 (9) |
V (Å3) | 1343.38 (7) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 3.08 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.38 × 0.16 × 0.12 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.568, 0.687 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 16446, 2746, 2095 |
Rint | 0.086 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.626 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.113, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 2746 |
No. of parameters | 190 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.43, −0.39 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C13—H13···O1i | 0.96 | 2.37 | 3.254 (4) | 153.4 |
Symmetry code: (i) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
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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Esters containing aromatic nitro-substituted rings can be used as precursors for the preparation of compounds with potential analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties (Jefford & Zaslona, 1985). Indeed, many pharmaceuticals come from a variety of nitroaromatic compounds. Acetaminophen for example, a widely used drug, is sinthesized from p-nitrophenol (Bhattacharya et al., 2006). Other nitro-aromatic esters show marked inhibitory activity against ischemic-induced electrocardiographic changes (Benedini et al., 1995). In order to complement the structural information about nitroaryl compounds the title ester, 4-formyl-2-nitrophenyl 4-bromo benzoate, (I), was synthesized. The molecular structure of (I) is shown in Fig. 1. Bond lengths and bond angles in (I), show marked similarity with other aryl benzoates reported in the literature such as 4-methylphenyl 4-bromobenzoate (MPBrB) (Moreno-Fuquen et al., 2011), 4-nitrophenyl 4-bromobenzoate (NPBrB) (Moreno-Fuquen, 2011) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-4-chlorobenzoate (TNPClB) (Moreno-Fuquen et al., 2013). However, it was noticed in (I) that the bond length O4-C1 in the ester moety, is shortened if it is compared with analogous distances in systems like MPBrB, NPBrB and the majority of similar aromatic esters. This behavior is comparable with those ones well described for trinitro-phenyl benzoates, such as TNPClB, as a consequence of resonance effects over the structure, prominently caused for ortho-nitro-substitution. The benzene rings of (I) form a dihedral angle of 62.90 (7)°, a value close to the value presented in TNPClB and NPBrB systems [63.46 (5)° and 64.98 (10)°] respectively. The ester group is twisted away from the nitro-substituted and bromo-substituted benzene rings by 71.67 (7)° and 8.78 (15)° respectively. The nitro group forms a dihedral angle with the benzene ring to which it is attached of 7.77 (16)°.
The crystal packing shows no classical hydrogen bonds and it is stabilized by weak C-H···O intermolecular interactions, forming C(12) chains along [001] (see Fig. 2; Etter, 1990). The C13 atom of the benzoic ring at (x,y,z) acts as hydrogen-bond donors to O1 atom at (x,-y+1/2,+z-1/2) (see Table 1; Nardelli, 1995).
Recent theoretical calculations show that halogen···halogen interactions are controlled by electrostatic forces and they display directional character (Awwadi et al., 2006). In the title structure, halogen···halogen interactions [Br···Br = 3.523 (3) Å] within the chains stabilized by C—H···O interactions are observed. This Br···Br distance is much shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii (3.70 Å) (Bondi, 1964). These interactions can be considered type I with trans geometry (Hathwar et al., 2010).