organic compounds
4-Fluoro-N-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)aniline
aDepartment of Physics, NKR Government Arts College for Women, Namakkal -1, India, bDepartment of Physics, Kunthavai Naachiar Government Arts College (W) (Autonomous), Thanjavur-7, India, cCrystal Growth and Thin Film Laboratory, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 24, India, and dDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram 603 203, India
*Correspondence e-mail: sai.anuradha@yahoo.com, vasuki.arasi@yahoo.com
In the title compound, C13H10FNO, the benzene ring planes are inclined at an angle of 50.52 (8)°. A characteristic of aromatic with N-aryl substituents is that the terminal phenyl rings are twisted relative to the plane of the HC=N link between them. In this case, the HC=N unit makes dihedral angles of 10.6 (2) and 40.5 (2)° with the hydroxybenzene and flurobenzene rings, respectively. In the crystal, O—H⋯N and C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of chains along the c- and b-axis directions, respectively. C—H⋯π contacts link molecules along a and these contacts combine to generate a three-dimensional network with molecules stacked along the b-axis direction.
Keywords: crystal structure.
CCDC reference: 924015
Related literature
For manufacturing and pharmaceutical applications of Schiff base compounds, see: Akkurt et al. (2013). For related structures, see: Li et al. (2008); Zhang (2010); Jothi et al., (2012a,b). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987) and for hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell APEX2 and SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT-Plus and XPREP (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 924015
10.1107/S1600536814015153/sj5413sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814015153/sj5413Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814015153/sj5413Isup3.cml
4-Fluoro-4-hydroxybenzylideneaniline was prepared by mixing equimolar amounts of 4-hydroxy benzaldehyde and 4-fluoro aniline in ethanol (40 ml). The reaction mixture was refluxed for about 6 h and the resulting solution was slowly evaporated at room temperature. After three days single crystals of the title compound, suitable for X-ray structure analysis were obtained.
All the H atoms were positioned geometrically and treated as riding atoms: E—H = 0.93, 0.96, 0.97 and 0.82 Å for CH, CH3, CH2 and OH H atoms, respectively, with Uiso(H) = k × Ueq(C,O), where k = 1.5 for CH3 and OH H atoms and = 1.2 for other H atoms. The best crystal investigated was still of poor quality and very weakly diffracting, with no usable data obtained above θ = 23.5 °. Nonetheless the structure solved readily and refined to give acceptable uncertainties on the metrical data. Because of the very weak data, the final data/parameter ratio is considerably less than an ideal value.
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell
APEX2 and SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT-Plus and XPREP (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. : The molecular structure of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. : Chains formed along the c axis by O—H···N hydrogen bonds. | |
Fig. 3. Chains formed along the b axis by C—H···F hydrogen bonds. | |
Fig. 4. : C—H···F chains viewed along the a axis, showing V shaped stacks. | |
Fig. 5. Chains formed along the a axis by C—H···π contacts. | |
Fig. 6. : Overall packing for the compound (I). |
C13H10FNO | F(000) = 448 |
Mr = 215.22 | Dx = 1.379 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2c -2ac | Cell parameters from 7057 reflections |
a = 11.0153 (8) Å | θ = 1.9–23.4° |
b = 9.8596 (7) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 9.5476 (6) Å | T = 296 K |
V = 1036.93 (12) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm |
Bruker KappaCCD APEXII diffractometer | 1430 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1282 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
ω and ϕ scan | θmax = 23.4°, θmin = 2.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | h = −12→12 |
Tmin = 0.971, Tmax = 0.980 | k = −10→10 |
6612 measured reflections | l = −10→10 |
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)] = 0.029 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.11 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0435P)2 + 0.103P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1430 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
146 parameters | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.12 e Å−3 |
C13H10FNO | V = 1036.93 (12) Å3 |
Mr = 215.22 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.0153 (8) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
b = 9.8596 (7) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 9.5476 (6) Å | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm |
Bruker KappaCCD APEXII diffractometer | 1430 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2004) | 1282 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.971, Tmax = 0.980 | Rint = 0.033 |
6612 measured reflections | θmax = 23.4° |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.11 | Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3 |
1430 reflections | Δρmin = −0.12 e Å−3 |
146 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 | 0.43955 (18) | 0.3194 (2) | 0.3175 (2) | 0.0396 (6) | |
C2 | 0.48448 (17) | 0.44366 (19) | 0.2735 (3) | 0.0385 (5) | |
H2 | 0.5578 | 0.4754 | 0.3091 | 0.046* | |
C3 | 0.42173 (17) | 0.5198 (2) | 0.1781 (3) | 0.0385 (5) | |
H3 | 0.4526 | 0.6034 | 0.1502 | 0.046* | |
C4 | 0.31198 (18) | 0.4740 (2) | 0.1219 (2) | 0.0366 (5) | |
C5 | 0.26905 (18) | 0.3484 (2) | 0.1656 (3) | 0.0448 (6) | |
H5 | 0.1963 | 0.3159 | 0.1295 | 0.054* | |
C6 | 0.33162 (18) | 0.2716 (2) | 0.2608 (3) | 0.0467 (6) | |
H6 | 0.3018 | 0.1873 | 0.2875 | 0.056* | |
C7 | 0.23844 (18) | 0.5576 (2) | 0.0292 (3) | 0.0393 (5) | |
H7 | 0.1598 | 0.5287 | 0.0100 | 0.047* | |
C8 | 0.18716 (17) | 0.7493 (2) | −0.1001 (3) | 0.0371 (5) | |
C9 | 0.2246 (2) | 0.8203 (2) | −0.2169 (3) | 0.0462 (6) | |
H9 | 0.3051 | 0.8148 | −0.2457 | 0.055* | |
C10 | 0.1439 (2) | 0.8992 (2) | −0.2914 (3) | 0.0546 (6) | |
H10 | 0.1687 | 0.9455 | −0.3713 | 0.066* | |
C11 | 0.0271 (2) | 0.9080 (2) | −0.2453 (3) | 0.0561 (7) | |
C12 | −0.0118 (2) | 0.8445 (3) | −0.1267 (3) | 0.0554 (7) | |
H12 | −0.0913 | 0.8554 | −0.0957 | 0.067* | |
C13 | 0.06838 (18) | 0.7641 (2) | −0.0534 (3) | 0.0470 (6) | |
H13 | 0.0430 | 0.7196 | 0.0274 | 0.056* | |
N1 | 0.27379 (14) | 0.66729 (17) | −0.02753 (19) | 0.0379 (4) | |
O1 | 0.49408 (13) | 0.24314 (15) | 0.41734 (19) | 0.0509 (4) | |
H1 | 0.5637 | 0.2701 | 0.4294 | 0.076* | |
F1 | −0.05262 (16) | 0.98467 (18) | −0.3178 (2) | 0.0888 (6) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0291 (11) | 0.0482 (13) | 0.0415 (15) | 0.0067 (10) | 0.0037 (9) | −0.0017 (10) |
C2 | 0.0253 (10) | 0.0462 (12) | 0.0441 (14) | −0.0021 (9) | −0.0006 (10) | −0.0035 (11) |
C3 | 0.0299 (11) | 0.0417 (11) | 0.0438 (14) | −0.0023 (9) | 0.0012 (11) | −0.0019 (10) |
C4 | 0.0284 (11) | 0.0433 (12) | 0.0380 (14) | 0.0013 (9) | 0.0023 (9) | −0.0036 (10) |
C5 | 0.0280 (11) | 0.0515 (12) | 0.0547 (16) | −0.0028 (9) | −0.0059 (10) | −0.0035 (12) |
C6 | 0.0328 (12) | 0.0468 (12) | 0.0606 (17) | −0.0038 (9) | 0.0004 (11) | 0.0034 (12) |
C7 | 0.0273 (10) | 0.0473 (12) | 0.0432 (14) | 0.0004 (10) | −0.0030 (9) | −0.0087 (12) |
C8 | 0.0312 (10) | 0.0407 (11) | 0.0395 (13) | 0.0008 (9) | −0.0042 (10) | −0.0055 (10) |
C9 | 0.0421 (12) | 0.0463 (12) | 0.0503 (16) | −0.0015 (10) | 0.0065 (11) | −0.0027 (12) |
C10 | 0.0680 (17) | 0.0474 (13) | 0.0483 (17) | 0.0061 (11) | 0.0002 (13) | 0.0047 (12) |
C11 | 0.0619 (16) | 0.0514 (14) | 0.0549 (18) | 0.0215 (12) | −0.0119 (13) | −0.0033 (13) |
C12 | 0.0403 (12) | 0.0686 (16) | 0.0574 (18) | 0.0146 (12) | −0.0034 (12) | −0.0081 (14) |
C13 | 0.0367 (12) | 0.0595 (14) | 0.0447 (16) | 0.0075 (11) | 0.0020 (10) | 0.0027 (11) |
N1 | 0.0297 (8) | 0.0458 (9) | 0.0383 (11) | 0.0018 (8) | 0.0003 (8) | −0.0037 (9) |
O1 | 0.0353 (7) | 0.0614 (9) | 0.0561 (11) | −0.0015 (8) | −0.0049 (7) | 0.0140 (9) |
F1 | 0.0971 (12) | 0.0911 (11) | 0.0781 (12) | 0.0487 (10) | −0.0175 (10) | 0.0104 (10) |
C1—O1 | 1.355 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.379 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.386 (3) | C8—C13 | 1.390 (3) |
C1—C6 | 1.389 (3) | C8—N1 | 1.430 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.368 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.379 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C3—C4 | 1.398 (3) | C10—C11 | 1.362 (3) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C4—C5 | 1.389 (3) | C11—F1 | 1.350 (3) |
C4—C7 | 1.456 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.363 (4) |
C5—C6 | 1.369 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.378 (3) |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C7—N1 | 1.270 (3) | O1—H1 | 0.8200 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | ||
O1—C1—C2 | 123.07 (19) | C9—C8—C13 | 119.2 (2) |
O1—C1—C6 | 117.74 (19) | C9—C8—N1 | 118.62 (18) |
C2—C1—C6 | 119.2 (2) | C13—C8—N1 | 122.1 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.44 (19) | C10—C9—C8 | 120.7 (2) |
C3—C2—H2 | 119.8 | C10—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
C1—C2—H2 | 119.8 | C8—C9—H9 | 119.7 |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.00 (19) | C11—C10—C9 | 118.6 (2) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.5 | C11—C10—H10 | 120.7 |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.5 | C9—C10—H10 | 120.7 |
C5—C4—C3 | 117.9 (2) | F1—C11—C10 | 119.0 (3) |
C5—C4—C7 | 119.87 (18) | F1—C11—C12 | 118.6 (2) |
C3—C4—C7 | 122.09 (18) | C10—C11—C12 | 122.4 (2) |
C6—C5—C4 | 121.40 (19) | C11—C12—C13 | 119.0 (2) |
C6—C5—H5 | 119.3 | C11—C12—H12 | 120.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 119.3 | C13—C12—H12 | 120.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.1 (2) | C12—C13—C8 | 120.1 (2) |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.9 | C12—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.9 | C8—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
N1—C7—C4 | 124.80 (18) | C7—N1—C8 | 118.89 (16) |
N1—C7—H7 | 117.6 | C1—O1—H1 | 109.5 |
C4—C7—H7 | 117.6 | ||
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −176.2 (2) | N1—C8—C9—C10 | 179.1 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 1.7 (3) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | 1.5 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.7 (3) | C9—C10—C11—F1 | −179.8 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.3 (3) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 1.7 (4) |
C2—C3—C4—C7 | 174.8 (2) | F1—C11—C12—C13 | 178.8 (2) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.1 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −2.6 (4) |
C7—C4—C5—C6 | −175.1 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C8 | 0.4 (4) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.0 (4) | C9—C8—C13—C12 | 2.6 (3) |
O1—C1—C6—C5 | 176.2 (2) | N1—C8—C13—C12 | 179.8 (2) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −1.9 (3) | C4—C7—N1—C8 | −171.2 (2) |
C5—C4—C7—N1 | −172.8 (2) | C9—C8—N1—C7 | −145.9 (2) |
C3—C4—C7—N1 | 12.2 (3) | C13—C8—N1—C7 | 36.9 (3) |
C13—C8—C9—C10 | −3.6 (3) |
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1i | 0.82 | 1.94 | 2.756 (2) | 176 |
C9—H9···F1ii | 0.93 | 2.61 | 3.263 (3) | 127 |
C13—H13···Cgiii | 0.93 | 2.83 | 3.710 (3) | 157 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, −y+2, z; (iii) x−1/2, −y+1, z. |
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 benzene ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O1—H1···N1i | 0.82 | 1.94 | 2.756 (2) | 175.8 |
C9—H9···F1ii | 0.93 | 2.614 | 3.263 (3) | 127.3 |
C13—H13···Cgiii | 0.93 | 2.83 | 3.710 (3) | 157 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, z+1/2; (ii) x+1/2, −y+2, z; (iii) x−1/2, −y+1, z. |
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, IIT-Madras, Chennai-36, for the data collection.
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Schiff base compounds have been used as fine chemicals and pharmaceutical substrates (Akkurt et al., 2013). They are important ligands in coordination chemistry due to their ease of preparation and ability to be modified both electronically and sterically (Li et al., 2008 and Zhang, 2010). As a part of our study into the co-ordination behaviour of ligands having a 4-hydroxy substituent on the benzylidene fragment, X-ray structural analysis of the title compound was carried out, and the results are reported herein.
The title compound, (I), contains two benzene rings bridged by an HC ═N imine unit, with the planes of the rings inclined at an angle of 50.52 (8)°, showing significant deviation of the molecule from planarity as observed in the related structures 4-bromo-N-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)aniline and 4-[(E)-(4-methylphenyl)iminomethyl]phenol (Jothi et al., 2012a,b). The molecule exists in the solid state in an E-configuration with respect to the C7 ═N1 double bond as indicated by the torsion angle C4–C7–N1–C8= -171.2 (2)°. The C4–C7 [1.456 (3) Å] and N1–C8 [1.430 (3) Å] distances confirm a degree of electron delocalization between the benzene rings, and the molecule can be regarded as a partially delocalized π-electron system. All other bond lengths are within the expected ranges (Allen et al., 1987).
In the crystal, the molecules are linked by O1—H1···N1 hydrogen bonds to form infinite one-dimensional zigzag chains with graph set notation C(8) (Bernstein et al.,, 1995) along the c axis, Fig 2. Weaker C9—H9···F1 contacts also propagate C(5) zigzag chains along b, Fig 3, with molecules in this chain forming a V-shaped stacking motif when viewed along a, Fig 4. Finally C13—H13···π contacts also form chains along a, Fig 5. These contacts combine to stack the molecules in a head to tail zigzag fashion along the b axis direction, Fig 6.