organic compounds
Methyl 2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenylsulfanyl]benzoate
aDepartment of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-2001, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: jjasinski@keene.edu
In the title compound, C15H13F3O2S, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 79.5 (1)°. The ester group is twisted by 7.6 (1)° from the mean plane of the adjacent benzene ring. Disorder was modeled over two sites for one F atom of the trifluoromethyl group with an occupancy ratio of 0.54 (6):0.46 (6). In the crystal, molecules are linked via weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (101). The networks are linked via C—H⋯π interactions, leading to the formation of a three-dimensional supramolecular structure.
CCDC reference: 966281
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For general background and pharmacological properties of the neuroleptic agent flupentixol [systematic name: (EZ)-2-[4-[3-[2-(trifluoromethyl)thioxanthen-9-ylidene]propyl]piperazin-1-yl]ethanol] and related compounds, see: Ovhed (1976); Robertson & Trimble (1981); Valle-Jones & Swarbrick (1981); Young et al. (1976). For related structures, see: Post et al. (1975a,b); Siddegowda et al. (2011a,b). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); cell CrysAlis PRO; data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Agilent, 2012); program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2012 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2.
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 966281
10.1107/S1600536813028146/su2658sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813028146/su2658Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813028146/su2658Isup3.cml
The reactant 2-(4-Trifluoromethylphenylsulfanyl)benzoic acid (I) was obtained as a gift sample from R. L. Fine Chem, Bengaluru, India. 10 g of (I) [0.0335 mol] was dissolved in 50 ml of methanol, followed by the addition of 1 ml of 98% sulphuric acid and the mixture was refluxed for 8 hours at 338 K. The methanol was distilled off and 100 ml of 10% Na2CO3 solution was added and the mixture stirred for 5 min. This was then extracted with dichloromethane and then the solvent was removed by distillation. The product formed was recrystallized from methanol giving colourless block-like crystals of the title compound (M.p. = 413-418 K).
All of the H atoms were placed in their calculated positions and refined using the riding model approximation: C-H = 0.93 Å (CH) and 0.96 Å (CH3), with Uiso(H) = 1.5eq(C-methyl) and = 1.2Ueq(C) for other H atoms. Disorder for one fluorine atom (F3/F3A) in the trifluoromethyl group was modeled over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.54 (6):0.46 (6).
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); cell
CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Agilent, 2012); program(s) used to solve structure: SUPERFLIP (Palatinus & Chapuis, 2007); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2012 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).C15H11F3O2S | F(000) = 640 |
Mr = 312.30 | Dx = 1.498 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54184 Å |
a = 11.0675 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 2806 reflections |
b = 8.0429 (3) Å | θ = 4.0–72.2° |
c = 15.6614 (7) Å | µ = 2.44 mm−1 |
β = 96.654 (5)° | T = 173 K |
V = 1384.70 (11) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.28 × 0.22 × 0.12 mm |
Agilent Gemini EOS diffractometer | 2705 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance (Cu) X-ray Source | 2224 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 16.0416 pixels mm-1 | Rint = 0.039 |
ω scans | θmax = 72.4°, θmin = 4.0° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO and CrysAlis RED; Agilent, 2012) | h = −13→10 |
Tmin = 0.715, Tmax = 1.000 | k = −9→7 |
8110 measured reflections | l = −18→19 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0689P)2 + 0.2842P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.03 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2705 reflections | Δρmax = 0.36 e Å−3 |
201 parameters | Δρmin = −0.27 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C15H11F3O2S | V = 1384.70 (11) Å3 |
Mr = 312.30 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 11.0675 (5) Å | µ = 2.44 mm−1 |
b = 8.0429 (3) Å | T = 173 K |
c = 15.6614 (7) Å | 0.28 × 0.22 × 0.12 mm |
β = 96.654 (5)° |
Agilent Gemini EOS diffractometer | 2705 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO and CrysAlis RED; Agilent, 2012) | 2224 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.715, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.039 |
8110 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.123 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.36 e Å−3 |
2705 reflections | Δρmin = −0.27 e Å−3 |
201 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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
S1 | 0.74068 (5) | 0.20434 (6) | 0.53524 (4) | 0.03547 (18) | |
F1 | 1.15258 (18) | 0.4950 (3) | 0.29524 (12) | 0.0867 (7) | |
F2 | 1.02027 (17) | 0.4280 (3) | 0.19408 (10) | 0.0764 (6) | |
F3 | 1.1534 (11) | 0.257 (2) | 0.2621 (9) | 0.078 (3) | 0.54 (6) |
F3A | 1.121 (4) | 0.234 (3) | 0.240 (3) | 0.127 (7) | 0.46 (6) |
O1 | 0.50339 (13) | −0.10252 (18) | 0.67852 (9) | 0.0370 (4) | |
O2 | 0.61424 (16) | 0.1251 (2) | 0.66627 (11) | 0.0504 (5) | |
C1 | 0.58173 (17) | −0.0107 (3) | 0.64017 (13) | 0.0289 (4) | |
C2 | 0.62526 (16) | −0.0927 (2) | 0.56503 (12) | 0.0268 (4) | |
C3 | 0.59456 (18) | −0.2586 (3) | 0.54673 (13) | 0.0314 (4) | |
H3 | 0.5458 | −0.3151 | 0.5816 | 0.038* | |
C4 | 0.63512 (19) | −0.3401 (3) | 0.47797 (14) | 0.0354 (5) | |
H4 | 0.6149 | −0.4509 | 0.4670 | 0.042* | |
C5 | 0.70653 (19) | −0.2546 (3) | 0.42526 (13) | 0.0343 (5) | |
H5 | 0.7332 | −0.3082 | 0.3783 | 0.041* | |
C6 | 0.73828 (18) | −0.0906 (3) | 0.44206 (13) | 0.0313 (4) | |
H6 | 0.7866 | −0.0355 | 0.4063 | 0.038* | |
C7 | 0.69912 (16) | −0.0063 (2) | 0.51164 (13) | 0.0271 (4) | |
C8 | 0.83570 (18) | 0.2519 (2) | 0.45386 (13) | 0.0310 (4) | |
C9 | 0.78756 (19) | 0.2956 (3) | 0.37134 (15) | 0.0352 (5) | |
H9 | 0.7037 | 0.2965 | 0.3566 | 0.042* | |
C10 | 0.8636 (2) | 0.3378 (3) | 0.31074 (14) | 0.0368 (5) | |
H10 | 0.8312 | 0.3660 | 0.2552 | 0.044* | |
C11 | 0.98830 (19) | 0.3377 (3) | 0.33316 (14) | 0.0345 (5) | |
C12 | 1.0368 (2) | 0.2971 (3) | 0.41589 (15) | 0.0435 (6) | |
H12 | 1.1205 | 0.2989 | 0.4310 | 0.052* | |
C13 | 0.9604 (2) | 0.2538 (3) | 0.47609 (15) | 0.0419 (5) | |
H13 | 0.9929 | 0.2258 | 0.5317 | 0.050* | |
C14 | 1.0745 (2) | 0.3760 (3) | 0.26912 (17) | 0.0493 (6) | |
C15 | 0.4586 (2) | −0.0262 (3) | 0.75237 (14) | 0.0406 (5) | |
H15A | 0.4236 | 0.0801 | 0.7363 | 0.061* | |
H15B | 0.5247 | −0.0117 | 0.7972 | 0.061* | |
H15C | 0.3979 | −0.0964 | 0.7727 | 0.061* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0389 (3) | 0.0280 (3) | 0.0428 (3) | −0.0061 (2) | 0.0183 (2) | −0.0040 (2) |
F1 | 0.0817 (12) | 0.1103 (16) | 0.0725 (12) | −0.0512 (12) | 0.0279 (10) | 0.0079 (11) |
F2 | 0.0827 (12) | 0.1077 (16) | 0.0416 (9) | −0.0139 (11) | 0.0196 (8) | 0.0172 (9) |
F3 | 0.078 (6) | 0.083 (8) | 0.083 (5) | 0.030 (4) | 0.054 (5) | 0.025 (4) |
F3A | 0.196 (15) | 0.049 (4) | 0.166 (15) | 0.017 (9) | 0.151 (12) | 0.011 (8) |
O1 | 0.0469 (9) | 0.0324 (8) | 0.0350 (8) | −0.0067 (6) | 0.0189 (7) | −0.0022 (6) |
O2 | 0.0583 (10) | 0.0422 (9) | 0.0564 (11) | −0.0182 (8) | 0.0304 (8) | −0.0184 (8) |
C1 | 0.0261 (9) | 0.0314 (10) | 0.0295 (10) | −0.0011 (8) | 0.0042 (7) | 0.0000 (8) |
C2 | 0.0229 (9) | 0.0297 (10) | 0.0277 (9) | −0.0004 (7) | 0.0020 (7) | 0.0010 (7) |
C3 | 0.0304 (10) | 0.0308 (10) | 0.0335 (10) | −0.0052 (8) | 0.0061 (8) | 0.0007 (8) |
C4 | 0.0392 (11) | 0.0281 (10) | 0.0391 (12) | −0.0053 (9) | 0.0057 (9) | −0.0051 (8) |
C5 | 0.0378 (11) | 0.0345 (11) | 0.0316 (10) | 0.0019 (9) | 0.0082 (9) | −0.0058 (8) |
C6 | 0.0310 (10) | 0.0327 (11) | 0.0317 (10) | 0.0014 (8) | 0.0099 (8) | 0.0034 (8) |
C7 | 0.0249 (9) | 0.0246 (9) | 0.0320 (10) | 0.0007 (7) | 0.0036 (7) | 0.0013 (7) |
C8 | 0.0329 (10) | 0.0251 (9) | 0.0368 (11) | −0.0028 (8) | 0.0117 (8) | 0.0011 (8) |
C9 | 0.0293 (10) | 0.0331 (11) | 0.0429 (12) | 0.0018 (8) | 0.0027 (9) | 0.0012 (9) |
C10 | 0.0433 (12) | 0.0341 (11) | 0.0325 (11) | 0.0014 (9) | 0.0031 (9) | 0.0049 (9) |
C11 | 0.0394 (11) | 0.0300 (11) | 0.0353 (11) | −0.0036 (9) | 0.0098 (9) | 0.0018 (8) |
C12 | 0.0289 (11) | 0.0611 (16) | 0.0407 (13) | −0.0067 (10) | 0.0046 (9) | 0.0080 (11) |
C13 | 0.0361 (12) | 0.0558 (14) | 0.0337 (11) | −0.0031 (10) | 0.0039 (9) | 0.0097 (10) |
C14 | 0.0543 (15) | 0.0508 (15) | 0.0458 (14) | −0.0043 (12) | 0.0186 (11) | 0.0103 (11) |
C15 | 0.0508 (13) | 0.0427 (13) | 0.0315 (11) | −0.0040 (10) | 0.0179 (9) | −0.0010 (9) |
S1—C7 | 1.783 (2) | C5—C6 | 1.382 (3) |
S1—C8 | 1.785 (2) | C6—H6 | 0.9300 |
F1—C14 | 1.322 (3) | C6—C7 | 1.394 (3) |
F2—C14 | 1.324 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.385 (3) |
F3—C14 | 1.311 (13) | C8—C13 | 1.384 (3) |
F3A—C14 | 1.354 (19) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
O1—C1 | 1.334 (2) | C9—C10 | 1.382 (3) |
O1—C15 | 1.446 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
O2—C1 | 1.206 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.384 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.478 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.383 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.398 (3) | C11—C14 | 1.494 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.417 (3) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C12—C13 | 1.382 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.380 (3) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C15—H15A | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.389 (3) | C15—H15B | 0.9600 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C15—H15C | 0.9600 |
C7—S1—C8 | 102.41 (9) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.9 |
C1—O1—C15 | 115.20 (17) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.2 |
O1—C1—C2 | 113.60 (17) | C9—C10—C11 | 119.6 (2) |
O2—C1—O1 | 122.19 (19) | C11—C10—H10 | 120.2 |
O2—C1—C2 | 124.20 (18) | C10—C11—C14 | 121.7 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 119.69 (18) | C12—C11—C10 | 120.3 (2) |
C3—C2—C7 | 119.33 (18) | C12—C11—C14 | 118.0 (2) |
C7—C2—C1 | 120.97 (18) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.1 |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C13—C12—C11 | 119.8 (2) |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.35 (19) | C13—C12—H12 | 120.1 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.3 | C8—C13—H13 | 119.9 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.4 | C12—C13—C8 | 120.1 (2) |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.17 (19) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.9 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.4 | F1—C14—F2 | 105.0 (2) |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.7 | F1—C14—F3A | 117 (2) |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.58 (19) | F1—C14—C11 | 112.7 (2) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.7 | F2—C14—F3A | 97 (2) |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.4 | F2—C14—C11 | 113.7 (2) |
C5—C6—C7 | 121.16 (19) | F3—C14—F1 | 98.0 (8) |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.4 | F3—C14—F2 | 113.3 (7) |
C2—C7—S1 | 119.74 (15) | F3—C14—C11 | 112.8 (7) |
C6—C7—S1 | 121.86 (15) | F3A—C14—C11 | 110.7 (8) |
C6—C7—C2 | 118.40 (18) | O1—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
C9—C8—S1 | 121.72 (16) | O1—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C13—C8—S1 | 118.39 (16) | O1—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C13—C8—C9 | 119.78 (19) | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
C8—C9—H9 | 119.9 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
C10—C9—C8 | 120.3 (2) | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
S1—C8—C9—C10 | 177.55 (16) | C8—S1—C7—C6 | −1.42 (18) |
S1—C8—C13—C12 | −177.2 (2) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −0.6 (3) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −7.3 (3) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | −0.8 (4) |
O1—C1—C2—C7 | 173.53 (17) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | −0.5 (3) |
O2—C1—C2—C3 | 171.6 (2) | C9—C10—C11—C14 | 177.6 (2) |
O2—C1—C2—C7 | −7.6 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 1.0 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −178.95 (19) | C10—C11—C14—F1 | 127.0 (3) |
C1—C2—C7—S1 | 0.1 (2) | C10—C11—C14—F2 | 7.6 (4) |
C1—C2—C7—C6 | 179.48 (17) | C10—C11—C14—F3 | −123.1 (8) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.9 (3) | C10—C11—C14—F3A | −100 (2) |
C3—C2—C7—S1 | −179.11 (15) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | −0.4 (4) |
C3—C2—C7—C6 | 0.3 (3) | C12—C11—C14—F1 | −54.9 (3) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 1.0 (3) | C12—C11—C14—F2 | −174.2 (2) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −0.4 (3) | C12—C11—C14—F3 | 55.0 (9) |
C5—C6—C7—S1 | 179.17 (16) | C12—C11—C14—F3A | 78 (2) |
C5—C6—C7—C2 | −0.2 (3) | C13—C8—C9—C10 | 1.3 (3) |
C7—S1—C8—C9 | 81.16 (19) | C14—C11—C12—C13 | −177.2 (2) |
C7—S1—C8—C13 | −102.49 (19) | C15—O1—C1—O2 | 1.2 (3) |
C7—C2—C3—C4 | 0.3 (3) | C15—O1—C1—C2 | −179.96 (17) |
C8—S1—C7—C2 | 177.93 (15) |
Cg is the centroid of the C2–C7 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C15—H15C···O2i | 0.96 | 2.45 | 3.221 (3) | 138 |
C12—H12···Cgii | 0.93 | 2.70 | 3.558 (2) | 154 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Cg is the centroid of the C2–C7 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C15—H15C···O2i | 0.96 | 2.45 | 3.221 (3) | 138 |
C12—H12···Cgii | 0.93 | 2.70 | 3.558 (2) | 154 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+2, −y, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
TSY thanks the University of Mysore for research facilities and is also grateful to the Principal, Maharani's Science College for women, Mysore, for giving permission to do research. JPJ acknowledges the NSF–MRI program (grant No. CHE-1039027) for funds to purchase the X-ray diffractometer.
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The title compound,C15H13F3O2S, is a methyl ester derivative of the starting material for the synthesis of the flupentixol [systematic name: (EZ)-2-[4-[3-[2-(trifluoromethyl)thioxanthen-9-ylidene]propyl]piperazin-1-yl]ethanol], a well documented neuroleptic. There have been many controlled studies that compared it with a placebo (Ovhed, 1976) and classical antidepressants (Young et al., 1976). Low-dose neuroleptics have been applied increasingly in recent years to treat anxiety and depression (Robertson & Trimble, 1981; Valle-Jones & Swarbrick, 1981). The crystal structures of α-flupenthixol (Post et al., 1975a) and β-flupenthixol (Post et al., 1975b) have been reported. The crystal structures of some related compounds reported by our group are: 1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-4-[3-(2-trifluoromethyl-9H-thioxanthen- 9-ylidene)propyl]piperazine-1,4-diium dichloride: the dihydrochloride salt of flupentixol (Siddegowda et al., 2011a), and 1-(2-Hydroxyethyl) -4-{3-[(E)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-9H-thioxanthen-9-ylidene]propyl}piperazine-1,4-diium bis(3-carboxyprop-2-enoate) (Siddegowda et al., 2011b). In view of the importance of flupentixol, we report herein on the crystal structure of the title compound a methyl ester derivative of the starting material for the synthesis of the flupentixol.
In the title molecule, Fig. 1, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings, (C2-C7) and (C8-C13) is 79.5 (1)°. The ester group (O1/C1/C2/O2) is twisted by 7.6 (1)° from the mean plane of the adjacent benzene ring (C2–C7). Disorder was modeled over two sets of sites for fluorine atom, F3/F3A of the trifluoromethyl group, with an occupancy ratio of 0.54 (6) : 0.46 (6). Bond lengths are in normal ranges (Allen et al., 1987).
In the crystal, molecules are linked via C—H···O hydrogen bonds forming two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (101). These networks are linked via C-H···π interactions leading to the formation of a three-dimensional supramolecular structure (Table 1 and Fig. 2).