organic compounds
5-Chloro-2-(4-methylphenyl)-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran
aDepartment of Chemistry, Dongeui University, San 24 Kaya-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-714, Republic of Korea, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, 599-1 Daeyeon 3-dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence e-mail: uklee@pknu.ac.kr
In the title compound, C16H13ClO2S, the dihedral angle between the mean plane [r.m.s. deviation = 0.004 (2) Å] of the benzofuran ring system and the 4-methylphenyl ring is 29.25 (8)°. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of weak C—H⋯O interactions generate R22(14) loops.
Related literature
For the pharmacological activity of benzofuran compounds, see: Aslam et al. (2009); Galal et al. (2009); Khan et al. (2005). For natural products with benzofuran rings, see: Akgul & Anil (2003); Soekamto et al. (2003). For the crystal structures of related compounds, see: Choi et al. (2007, 2009).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2009); 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 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1998); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813018400/nk2211sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813018400/nk2211Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813018400/nk2211Isup3.cml
3-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (77%, 269 mg, 1.2 mmol) was added in small portions to a stirred solution of 5-chloro-2-(4-methylphenyl)-3-methylsulfanyl-1-benzofuran (317 mg, 1.1 mmol) in dichloromethane (40 mL) at 273 K. After being stirred at room temperature for 4h, the mixture was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and the organic layer was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated at reduced pressure. The residue was purified by
(hexane–ethyl acetate, 1:1 v/v) to afford the title compound as a colorless solid [yield 70%, m.p. 459–460 K; Rf = 0.49 (hexane–ethyl acetate, 1:1 v/v)]. Single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were prepared by slow evaporation of a solution of the title compound in acetone at room temperature.All H atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model, with C—H = 0.95 Å for aryl and 0.98Å for methyl H atoms. Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) for aryl and 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms. The positions of methyl hydrogens were optimized rotationally.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); 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 DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1998); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. H atoms are presented as small spheres of arbitrary radius. |
C16H13ClO2S | Z = 2 |
Mr = 304.77 | F(000) = 316 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.474 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Melting point = 459–460 K |
a = 8.0694 (8) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 8.0763 (8) Å | Cell parameters from 4424 reflections |
c = 11.4208 (11) Å | θ = 2.7–28.1° |
α = 90.185 (6)° | µ = 0.43 mm−1 |
β = 96.280 (6)° | T = 173 K |
γ = 111.701 (6)° | Block, colourless |
V = 686.63 (12) Å3 | 0.35 × 0.34 × 0.10 mm |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3423 independent reflections |
Radiation source: rotating anode | 3021 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite multilayer monochromator | Rint = 0.048 |
Detector resolution: 10.0 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 28.4°, θmin = 1.8° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −10→10 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | k = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.865, Tmax = 0.958 | l = −15→15 |
12808 measured reflections |
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: difference Fourier map |
wR(F2) = 0.103 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0432P)2 + 0.3137P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3423 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
183 parameters | Δρmax = 0.32 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
C16H13ClO2S | γ = 111.701 (6)° |
Mr = 304.77 | V = 686.63 (12) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 8.0694 (8) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 8.0763 (8) Å | µ = 0.43 mm−1 |
c = 11.4208 (11) Å | T = 173 K |
α = 90.185 (6)° | 0.35 × 0.34 × 0.10 mm |
β = 96.280 (6)° |
Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer | 3423 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) | 3021 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.865, Tmax = 0.958 | Rint = 0.048 |
12808 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.103 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.32 e Å−3 |
3423 reflections | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
183 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 > 2sigma(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 | ||
Cl1 | 0.21613 (6) | −0.06293 (6) | 0.00434 (4) | 0.03430 (13) | |
S1 | 0.79728 (5) | 0.32171 (5) | 0.40498 (4) | 0.02612 (12) | |
O1 | 0.30621 (15) | 0.15287 (15) | 0.50057 (10) | 0.0257 (2) | |
O2 | 0.82257 (18) | 0.19866 (17) | 0.31756 (13) | 0.0401 (3) | |
C1 | 0.5655 (2) | 0.2423 (2) | 0.41897 (14) | 0.0239 (3) | |
C2 | 0.4219 (2) | 0.1456 (2) | 0.32835 (14) | 0.0236 (3) | |
C3 | 0.4092 (2) | 0.0990 (2) | 0.20888 (14) | 0.0259 (3) | |
H3 | 0.5122 | 0.1328 | 0.1679 | 0.031* | |
C4 | 0.2396 (2) | 0.0014 (2) | 0.15325 (14) | 0.0269 (3) | |
C5 | 0.0852 (2) | −0.0505 (2) | 0.21040 (15) | 0.0291 (3) | |
H5 | −0.0284 | −0.1179 | 0.1680 | 0.035* | |
C6 | 0.0970 (2) | −0.0040 (2) | 0.32891 (15) | 0.0282 (3) | |
H6 | −0.0061 | −0.0370 | 0.3698 | 0.034* | |
C7 | 0.2666 (2) | 0.0929 (2) | 0.38407 (14) | 0.0241 (3) | |
C8 | 0.4897 (2) | 0.2427 (2) | 0.52001 (14) | 0.0238 (3) | |
C9 | 0.5607 (2) | 0.3179 (2) | 0.63960 (14) | 0.0238 (3) | |
C10 | 0.7141 (2) | 0.4725 (2) | 0.66158 (15) | 0.0280 (3) | |
H10 | 0.7738 | 0.5314 | 0.5976 | 0.034* | |
C11 | 0.7804 (2) | 0.5414 (2) | 0.77602 (15) | 0.0296 (4) | |
H11 | 0.8862 | 0.6458 | 0.7898 | 0.036* | |
C12 | 0.6930 (2) | 0.4586 (2) | 0.87084 (15) | 0.0282 (3) | |
C13 | 0.5390 (2) | 0.3061 (2) | 0.84809 (15) | 0.0281 (3) | |
H13 | 0.4780 | 0.2489 | 0.9121 | 0.034* | |
C14 | 0.4720 (2) | 0.2353 (2) | 0.73466 (14) | 0.0256 (3) | |
H14 | 0.3661 | 0.1309 | 0.7213 | 0.031* | |
C15 | 0.7646 (3) | 0.5323 (3) | 0.99514 (16) | 0.0390 (4) | |
H15A | 0.6653 | 0.5005 | 1.0436 | 0.059* | |
H15B | 0.8228 | 0.6624 | 0.9952 | 0.059* | |
H15C | 0.8522 | 0.4818 | 1.0276 | 0.059* | |
C16 | 0.8112 (3) | 0.5192 (2) | 0.32875 (16) | 0.0318 (4) | |
H16A | 0.9311 | 0.5749 | 0.3036 | 0.048* | |
H16B | 0.7896 | 0.6031 | 0.3815 | 0.048* | |
H16C | 0.7206 | 0.4877 | 0.2595 | 0.048* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cl1 | 0.0365 (3) | 0.0364 (2) | 0.0259 (2) | 0.01030 (19) | −0.00156 (17) | −0.00172 (16) |
S1 | 0.0199 (2) | 0.0253 (2) | 0.0326 (2) | 0.00772 (16) | 0.00336 (15) | 0.00359 (15) |
O1 | 0.0207 (6) | 0.0284 (6) | 0.0265 (6) | 0.0073 (5) | 0.0031 (4) | −0.0001 (4) |
O2 | 0.0316 (7) | 0.0302 (6) | 0.0614 (9) | 0.0115 (6) | 0.0178 (6) | −0.0034 (6) |
C1 | 0.0214 (8) | 0.0241 (7) | 0.0262 (7) | 0.0090 (6) | 0.0017 (6) | 0.0007 (6) |
C2 | 0.0218 (8) | 0.0215 (7) | 0.0281 (8) | 0.0091 (6) | 0.0014 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
C3 | 0.0257 (8) | 0.0260 (7) | 0.0269 (8) | 0.0107 (6) | 0.0035 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
C4 | 0.0303 (9) | 0.0243 (7) | 0.0255 (7) | 0.0106 (7) | −0.0008 (6) | 0.0001 (6) |
C5 | 0.0252 (8) | 0.0272 (8) | 0.0315 (8) | 0.0076 (7) | −0.0026 (7) | 0.0006 (6) |
C6 | 0.0226 (8) | 0.0287 (8) | 0.0329 (8) | 0.0089 (7) | 0.0031 (6) | 0.0024 (6) |
C7 | 0.0238 (8) | 0.0237 (7) | 0.0256 (7) | 0.0098 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | 0.0015 (6) |
C8 | 0.0201 (8) | 0.0218 (7) | 0.0290 (8) | 0.0073 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | 0.0021 (6) |
C9 | 0.0241 (8) | 0.0240 (7) | 0.0258 (7) | 0.0117 (6) | 0.0034 (6) | 0.0014 (6) |
C10 | 0.0301 (9) | 0.0248 (7) | 0.0282 (8) | 0.0081 (7) | 0.0072 (7) | 0.0031 (6) |
C11 | 0.0297 (9) | 0.0234 (7) | 0.0329 (8) | 0.0065 (7) | 0.0046 (7) | −0.0028 (6) |
C12 | 0.0311 (9) | 0.0278 (8) | 0.0275 (8) | 0.0132 (7) | 0.0030 (7) | −0.0024 (6) |
C13 | 0.0298 (9) | 0.0296 (8) | 0.0270 (8) | 0.0123 (7) | 0.0075 (7) | 0.0048 (6) |
C14 | 0.0228 (8) | 0.0236 (7) | 0.0301 (8) | 0.0081 (6) | 0.0040 (6) | 0.0027 (6) |
C15 | 0.0417 (11) | 0.0422 (10) | 0.0295 (9) | 0.0116 (9) | 0.0035 (8) | −0.0084 (7) |
C16 | 0.0342 (10) | 0.0272 (8) | 0.0355 (9) | 0.0118 (7) | 0.0087 (7) | 0.0073 (7) |
Cl1—C4 | 1.7462 (16) | C9—C10 | 1.393 (2) |
S1—O2 | 1.4879 (13) | C9—C14 | 1.399 (2) |
S1—C1 | 1.7648 (17) | C10—C11 | 1.388 (2) |
S1—C16 | 1.7925 (17) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
O1—C7 | 1.3768 (18) | C11—C12 | 1.393 (2) |
O1—C8 | 1.3790 (19) | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C1—C8 | 1.364 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.387 (2) |
C1—C2 | 1.445 (2) | C12—C15 | 1.505 (2) |
C2—C7 | 1.393 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.382 (2) |
C2—C3 | 1.397 (2) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.381 (2) | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C15—H15A | 0.9800 |
C4—C5 | 1.396 (2) | C15—H15B | 0.9800 |
C5—C6 | 1.387 (2) | C15—H15C | 0.9800 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C16—H16A | 0.9800 |
C6—C7 | 1.378 (2) | C16—H16B | 0.9800 |
C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C16—H16C | 0.9800 |
C8—C9 | 1.459 (2) | ||
O2—S1—C1 | 106.64 (7) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.45 (14) |
O2—S1—C16 | 106.07 (8) | C14—C9—C8 | 119.67 (15) |
C1—S1—C16 | 97.73 (8) | C11—C10—C9 | 120.65 (15) |
C7—O1—C8 | 106.62 (12) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
C8—C1—C2 | 107.24 (14) | C9—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
C8—C1—S1 | 126.49 (13) | C10—C11—C12 | 120.54 (16) |
C2—C1—S1 | 125.89 (12) | C10—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C7—C2—C3 | 119.27 (15) | C12—C11—H11 | 119.7 |
C7—C2—C1 | 105.00 (14) | C13—C12—C11 | 118.46 (15) |
C3—C2—C1 | 135.73 (15) | C13—C12—C15 | 120.74 (16) |
C4—C3—C2 | 116.75 (15) | C11—C12—C15 | 120.80 (16) |
C4—C3—H3 | 121.6 | C14—C13—C12 | 121.65 (16) |
C2—C3—H3 | 121.6 | C14—C13—H13 | 119.2 |
C3—C4—C5 | 123.29 (15) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.2 |
C3—C4—Cl1 | 118.71 (13) | C13—C14—C9 | 119.81 (15) |
C5—C4—Cl1 | 118.00 (13) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.1 |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.20 (15) | C9—C14—H14 | 120.1 |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C12—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 | C12—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C7—C6—C5 | 116.26 (15) | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C7—C6—H6 | 121.9 | C12—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—H6 | 121.9 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O1—C7—C6 | 125.14 (14) | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O1—C7—C2 | 110.63 (14) | S1—C16—H16A | 109.5 |
C6—C7—C2 | 124.23 (15) | S1—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C1—C8—O1 | 110.51 (14) | H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C1—C8—C9 | 133.98 (15) | S1—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
O1—C8—C9 | 115.51 (13) | H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C10—C9—C14 | 118.87 (15) | H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
O2—S1—C1—C8 | 142.96 (15) | C1—C2—C7—C6 | −179.96 (15) |
C16—S1—C1—C8 | −107.64 (15) | C2—C1—C8—O1 | −0.17 (17) |
O2—S1—C1—C2 | −29.09 (16) | S1—C1—C8—O1 | −173.43 (11) |
C16—S1—C1—C2 | 80.31 (15) | C2—C1—C8—C9 | −179.34 (16) |
C8—C1—C2—C7 | −0.40 (17) | S1—C1—C8—C9 | 7.4 (3) |
S1—C1—C2—C7 | 172.92 (12) | C7—O1—C8—C1 | 0.68 (17) |
C8—C1—C2—C3 | 179.75 (17) | C7—O1—C8—C9 | −179.99 (12) |
S1—C1—C2—C3 | −6.9 (3) | C1—C8—C9—C10 | 29.6 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | −0.1 (2) | O1—C8—C9—C10 | −149.54 (15) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 179.69 (16) | C1—C8—C9—C14 | −151.36 (18) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.1 (2) | O1—C8—C9—C14 | 29.5 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—Cl1 | −179.18 (11) | C14—C9—C10—C11 | 1.5 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.2 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −179.49 (15) |
Cl1—C4—C5—C6 | 179.45 (12) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −1.0 (3) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.4 (2) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.2 (2) |
C8—O1—C7—C6 | 179.86 (15) | C10—C11—C12—C15 | 179.82 (16) |
C8—O1—C7—C2 | −0.94 (16) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.3 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—O1 | 179.43 (14) | C15—C12—C13—C14 | −179.38 (16) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | 0.3 (2) | C12—C13—C14—C9 | 0.2 (2) |
C3—C2—C7—O1 | −179.29 (13) | C10—C9—C14—C13 | −1.0 (2) |
C1—C2—C7—O1 | 0.83 (17) | C8—C9—C14—C13 | 179.91 (14) |
C3—C2—C7—C6 | −0.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C14—H14···O2i | 0.95 | 2.54 | 3.436 (2) | 158 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C16H13ClO2S |
Mr | 304.77 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.0694 (8), 8.0763 (8), 11.4208 (11) |
α, β, γ (°) | 90.185 (6), 96.280 (6), 111.701 (6) |
V (Å3) | 686.63 (12) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.43 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.34 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEXII CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.865, 0.958 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12808, 3423, 3021 |
Rint | 0.048 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.668 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.103, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 3423 |
No. of parameters | 183 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.32, −0.28 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009), SAINT (Bruker, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012) and DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 1998).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C14—H14···O2i | 0.95 | 2.54 | 3.436 (2) | 157.5 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Blue-Bio Industry Regional Innovation Center (RIC08-06-07) at Dongeui University as an RIC program under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and Busan city.
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Many compounds having a benzofuran moiety have drawn much attention due to their valuable pharmacological properties such as antibacterial and antifungal, antitumor and antiviral, and antimicrobial activities (Aslam et al., 2009, Galal et al., 2009, Khan et al., 2005). These benzofuran derivatives occur in a wide range of natural products (Akgul & Anil, 2003; Soekamto et al., 2003).As a part of our continuing study of 5-chloro-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran derivatives containing phenyl (Choi et al., 2007) and 4-fluorophenyl (Choi et al., 2009) substituents in 2-position, we report herein the crystal structure of the title compound.
In the title molecule (Fig. 1), the benzofuran unit is essentially planar, with a mean deviation of 0.004 (2) Å from the least-squares plane defined by the nine constituent atoms. The dihedral angle between the mean plane of the benzofuran ring system and the 4-methylphenyl ring is 29.25 (8)°. In the crystal structure, molecules are connected by weak C—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1), resulting in a three-dimensional network.