

research communications
E)-2-cyano-N′-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)acetohydrazide
and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (aDepartment of Chemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram 608 002, India, bDepartment of Science and Humanities, Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore 641 021, India, and cPG & Research Department of Physics, Government Arts College, Melur 625 106, India
*Correspondence e-mail: senraj05@gmail.com
In the title compound, C13H15N3O4, the 2-cyano-N′-methylideneacetohydrazide moiety and the trimethoxy phenol ring form a dihedral angle of 13.8 (1)°. Intermolecular N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed. The intermolecular interactions were quantified and analysed using Hirshfeld surface analysis, revealing that H⋯H interactions contribute most to the crystal packing (38.3%).
Keywords: benzohydrazine; intermolecular hydrogen bonds; Hirshfeld surface analysis; crystal structure.
CCDC reference: 2448154
1. Chemical context
et al., 2016), antifungal (Ozdemir et al., 2008
) and antitumoral (Parlar et al., 2018
). In the present work, the synthesis, structural and computational studies of (E)-2-cyano-N′-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)acetohydrazide, (I)
, are reported.
2. Structural commentary
The molecular structure of (I) is displayed in Fig. 1
. The phenyl ring (C1–C6) is planar with a maximum deviation of 0.008 (2) Å for atom C6 and its attached methoxy atoms O1, C11, O2, C12, O3 and C13 deviate by 0.023 (2), −0.169 (4), 0.133 (2), −1.089 (3), 0.010 (2) and 0.056 (3) Å, respectively. The 2-cyano-N′-methylideneacetohydrazide moiety (C7/N1/N2/C8/O4/C9/C10/N3) is nearly planar with a maximum deviation of 0.280 (3) Å for atom N3. This moiety forms a dihedral angle of 13.8 (1)° with the trimethoxy phenyl ring.
![]() | Figure 1 A view of the molecular structure of compound (I) ![]() |
3. Supramolecular features
In the crystal, molecules associate pairwise by C9—H9B⋯O2i and C13—H13A⋯O4i hydrogen bonds (Table 1) into inversion dimers with an R22 (22) graph-set motifs (Etter et al., 1990
), as shown in Fig. 2
. The molecules are further linked into a C(4) chain motif by N2—H2⋯O4iii hydrogen bonds running parallel to [0
0] (Table 1
; Fig. 3
).
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![]() | Figure 2 A view of the dimeric arrangement through O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds |
![]() | Figure 3 The crystal packing of the title compound (I) ![]() |
4. Hirshfeld surface analysis
To further characterize the intermolecular interactions, we carried out a Hirshfeld surface (HS) analysis (Spackman & Jayatilaka, 2009) using Crystal Explorer 21 (Spackman et al., 2021
) The HS mapped over dnorm is illustrated in Fig. 4
where the deep-red spot occurs at O4 and this oxygen atom is responsible for intermolecular N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
![]() | Figure 4 A view of the Hirshfeld surface mapped over dnorm. |
The associated two-dimensional fingerprint plots (McKinnon et al., 2007) provide quantitative information about the non-covalent interactions in the crystal packing in terms of the percentage contribution of the interatomic contacts (Spackman & McKinnon, 2002
). The overall two-dimensional fingerprint plot is shown in Fig. 5
a. The HS analysis reveals that H⋯H and H⋯O/O⋯H contacts are the main contributors to the crystal packing, followed by H⋯N/N⋯H, H⋯C/C⋯H, O⋯C/C⋯O and C⋯N/N⋯C contacts; see Fig. 5
b–g. The HS analysis confirms the importance of H-atom contacts in the crystal (Hathwar et al., 2015
).
![]() | Figure 5 Two-dimensional fingerprint plots for compound (I) ![]() |
5. Synthesis and crystallization
The title compound (I) was synthesized by condensing 2-cyano acetohydrazide in methanol with 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde in a 1:1 ratio following an established protocol (Shaik et al., 2019
). The progress of the reaction was monitored by thin layer (TLC). After completion of the reaction, methanol was removed under vacuum. The solid product was collected, washed, and recrystallized from methanol to obtain crystals of (I)
.
6. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . All H atoms were placed in idealized positions and allowed to ride on their parent atoms: N—H = 0.86 and C—H = 0.93–0.97 Å, with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C, N) for all other H atoms.
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Supporting information
CCDC reference: 2448154
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989025003913/tx2097sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989025003913/tx2097Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989025003913/tx2097Isup3.cml
C13H15N3O4 | F(000) = 584 |
Mr = 277.28 | Dx = 1.337 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 13.9944 (8) Å | Cell parameters from 4885 reflections |
b = 11.0371 (7) Å | θ = 2.4–22.9° |
c = 9.0560 (5) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
β = 99.936 (2)° | T = 298 K |
V = 1377.79 (14) Å3 | Block, brown |
Z = 4 | 0.16 × 0.12 × 0.08 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 1540 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: i-mu-s microfocus source | Rint = 0.072 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 26.4°, θmin = 2.4° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | h = −17→15 |
Tmin = 0.624, Tmax = 0.745 | k = −13→13 |
23917 measured reflections | l = −11→8 |
2823 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.053 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.156 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0585P)2 + 0.5215P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.05 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2823 reflections | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
181 parameters | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
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 | ||
O1 | 0.17230 (13) | 0.43960 (19) | −0.1731 (2) | 0.0708 (6) | |
O2 | 0.15221 (12) | 0.52233 (16) | 0.0935 (2) | 0.0574 (5) | |
O3 | 0.29283 (12) | 0.49755 (17) | 0.3328 (2) | 0.0586 (5) | |
O4 | 0.73449 (12) | 0.30054 (17) | 0.34803 (19) | 0.0589 (5) | |
C7 | 0.51086 (18) | 0.3277 (2) | 0.0177 (3) | 0.0473 (6) | |
H7 | 0.522223 | 0.308137 | −0.077620 | 0.057* | |
N1 | 0.57857 (14) | 0.31831 (18) | 0.1302 (2) | 0.0471 (5) | |
N3 | 0.98039 (19) | 0.2939 (3) | 0.3950 (3) | 0.0824 (9) | |
C1 | 0.33918 (18) | 0.3770 (2) | −0.0817 (3) | 0.0502 (7) | |
H1 | 0.347981 | 0.349974 | −0.175678 | 0.060* | |
C2 | 0.25037 (18) | 0.4247 (2) | −0.0625 (3) | 0.0496 (7) | |
C3 | 0.23722 (17) | 0.4649 (2) | 0.0780 (3) | 0.0463 (6) | |
C4 | 0.31260 (18) | 0.4556 (2) | 0.1992 (3) | 0.0458 (6) | |
C5 | 0.40109 (18) | 0.4078 (2) | 0.1801 (3) | 0.0485 (7) | |
H5 | 0.451361 | 0.401270 | 0.261518 | 0.058* | |
C6 | 0.41465 (17) | 0.3697 (2) | 0.0388 (3) | 0.0456 (6) | |
N2 | 0.66924 (14) | 0.28820 (18) | 0.1029 (2) | 0.0446 (5) | |
H2 | 0.678178 | 0.272351 | 0.013346 | 0.054* | |
C8 | 0.74341 (17) | 0.2840 (2) | 0.2180 (3) | 0.0423 (6) | |
C9 | 0.84027 (16) | 0.2566 (2) | 0.1732 (3) | 0.0470 (6) | |
H9A | 0.841502 | 0.172809 | 0.141281 | 0.056* | |
H9B | 0.848985 | 0.307709 | 0.089430 | 0.056* | |
C10 | 0.9189 (2) | 0.2776 (3) | 0.2976 (3) | 0.0533 (7) | |
C11 | 0.1728 (2) | 0.3876 (3) | −0.3140 (4) | 0.0847 (10) | |
H11A | 0.112939 | 0.406117 | −0.379339 | 0.127* | |
H11B | 0.226071 | 0.419600 | −0.355726 | 0.127* | |
H11C | 0.179561 | 0.301281 | −0.303628 | 0.127* | |
C12 | 0.0851 (2) | 0.4491 (3) | 0.1573 (4) | 0.0719 (9) | |
H12A | 0.028134 | 0.495629 | 0.164137 | 0.108* | |
H12B | 0.067467 | 0.379559 | 0.094810 | 0.108* | |
H12C | 0.114932 | 0.422970 | 0.255613 | 0.108* | |
C13 | 0.3689 (2) | 0.4940 (3) | 0.4573 (3) | 0.0677 (8) | |
H13A | 0.346330 | 0.525646 | 0.543898 | 0.102* | |
H13B | 0.389969 | 0.411839 | 0.476062 | 0.102* | |
H13C | 0.422169 | 0.542265 | 0.436720 | 0.102* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0544 (12) | 0.0881 (15) | 0.0646 (13) | 0.0106 (10) | −0.0047 (10) | −0.0052 (11) |
O2 | 0.0438 (10) | 0.0538 (11) | 0.0771 (13) | 0.0103 (9) | 0.0176 (9) | 0.0081 (9) |
O3 | 0.0502 (11) | 0.0717 (13) | 0.0553 (12) | 0.0109 (9) | 0.0128 (9) | −0.0084 (9) |
O4 | 0.0594 (12) | 0.0831 (14) | 0.0376 (10) | 0.0069 (10) | 0.0184 (9) | 0.0000 (9) |
C7 | 0.0466 (15) | 0.0463 (15) | 0.0517 (16) | 0.0016 (12) | 0.0157 (13) | −0.0031 (12) |
N1 | 0.0398 (12) | 0.0527 (13) | 0.0522 (13) | 0.0056 (10) | 0.0179 (11) | −0.0005 (10) |
N3 | 0.0639 (17) | 0.116 (2) | 0.0637 (17) | −0.0227 (16) | 0.0017 (14) | 0.0100 (16) |
C1 | 0.0499 (16) | 0.0494 (15) | 0.0522 (16) | 0.0017 (12) | 0.0110 (14) | −0.0042 (12) |
C2 | 0.0438 (15) | 0.0492 (15) | 0.0534 (17) | 0.0003 (12) | 0.0020 (13) | 0.0048 (13) |
C3 | 0.0364 (14) | 0.0400 (14) | 0.0635 (18) | 0.0024 (11) | 0.0110 (13) | 0.0062 (12) |
C4 | 0.0460 (15) | 0.0413 (14) | 0.0521 (16) | 0.0025 (11) | 0.0138 (13) | 0.0018 (12) |
C5 | 0.0419 (15) | 0.0508 (16) | 0.0527 (16) | 0.0048 (12) | 0.0081 (12) | 0.0020 (12) |
C6 | 0.0432 (15) | 0.0416 (14) | 0.0532 (16) | 0.0016 (11) | 0.0118 (13) | −0.0011 (12) |
N2 | 0.0410 (12) | 0.0567 (13) | 0.0396 (12) | 0.0047 (10) | 0.0162 (10) | −0.0017 (10) |
C8 | 0.0432 (15) | 0.0455 (14) | 0.0407 (15) | 0.0005 (11) | 0.0141 (12) | 0.0024 (11) |
C9 | 0.0421 (15) | 0.0551 (16) | 0.0447 (15) | 0.0009 (12) | 0.0105 (12) | 0.0021 (12) |
C10 | 0.0477 (17) | 0.0650 (18) | 0.0497 (17) | −0.0052 (14) | 0.0156 (14) | 0.0077 (14) |
C11 | 0.076 (2) | 0.099 (3) | 0.070 (2) | 0.0001 (19) | −0.0110 (18) | −0.021 (2) |
C12 | 0.0469 (17) | 0.071 (2) | 0.101 (2) | −0.0049 (15) | 0.0221 (17) | 0.0050 (18) |
C13 | 0.072 (2) | 0.078 (2) | 0.0522 (18) | 0.0183 (17) | 0.0077 (16) | −0.0050 (15) |
O1—C2 | 1.359 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.390 (3) |
O1—C11 | 1.401 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
O2—C3 | 1.376 (3) | N2—C8 | 1.339 (3) |
O2—C12 | 1.434 (3) | N2—H2 | 0.8600 |
O3—C4 | 1.367 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.511 (3) |
O3—C13 | 1.412 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.451 (4) |
O4—C8 | 1.219 (3) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
C7—N1 | 1.270 (3) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
C7—C6 | 1.467 (3) | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
N1—N2 | 1.375 (3) | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
N3—C10 | 1.136 (3) | C12—H12A | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.384 (3) | C12—H12B | 0.9600 |
C1—C2 | 1.388 (3) | C12—H12C | 0.9600 |
C1—H1 | 0.9300 | C13—H13A | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.389 (4) | C13—H13B | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.389 (3) | C13—H13C | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.384 (3) | ||
C2—O1—C11 | 119.5 (2) | O4—C8—N2 | 123.5 (2) |
C3—O2—C12 | 114.76 (19) | O4—C8—C9 | 122.4 (2) |
C4—O3—C13 | 117.24 (19) | N2—C8—C9 | 114.1 (2) |
N1—C7—C6 | 119.7 (2) | C10—C9—C8 | 110.8 (2) |
N1—C7—H7 | 120.1 | C10—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 120.1 | C8—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
C7—N1—N2 | 117.3 (2) | C10—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—C2 | 120.1 (2) | C8—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C6—C1—H1 | 120.0 | H9A—C9—H9B | 108.1 |
C2—C1—H1 | 120.0 | N3—C10—C9 | 179.9 (4) |
O1—C2—C1 | 125.2 (2) | O1—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
O1—C2—C3 | 114.8 (2) | O1—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C3 | 119.9 (2) | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
O2—C3—C4 | 120.4 (2) | O1—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
O2—C3—C2 | 119.6 (2) | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C2 | 119.8 (2) | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
O3—C4—C5 | 124.2 (2) | O2—C12—H12A | 109.5 |
O3—C4—C3 | 115.6 (2) | O2—C12—H12B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.2 (2) | H12A—C12—H12B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—C6 | 119.8 (2) | O2—C12—H12C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.1 | H12A—C12—H12C | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.1 | H12B—C12—H12C | 109.5 |
C1—C6—C5 | 120.1 (2) | O3—C13—H13A | 109.5 |
C1—C6—C7 | 120.5 (2) | O3—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 119.3 (2) | H13A—C13—H13B | 109.5 |
C8—N2—N1 | 118.96 (19) | O3—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C8—N2—H2 | 120.5 | H13A—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
N1—N2—H2 | 120.5 | H13B—C13—H13C | 109.5 |
C6—C7—N1—N2 | −174.8 (2) | O2—C3—C4—C5 | −174.0 (2) |
C11—O1—C2—C1 | 10.5 (4) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.8 (4) |
C11—O1—C2—C3 | −171.3 (3) | O3—C4—C5—C6 | −178.7 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—O1 | 178.0 (2) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.3 (4) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.1 (4) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | 1.3 (4) |
C12—O2—C3—C4 | −81.8 (3) | C2—C1—C6—C7 | −175.5 (2) |
C12—O2—C3—C2 | 103.3 (3) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.4 (4) |
O1—C2—C3—O2 | −4.3 (3) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | 175.4 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—O2 | 174.0 (2) | N1—C7—C6—C1 | −178.0 (2) |
O1—C2—C3—C4 | −179.2 (2) | N1—C7—C6—C5 | 5.1 (4) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.0 (4) | C7—N1—N2—C8 | 176.4 (2) |
C13—O3—C4—C5 | 1.6 (4) | N1—N2—C8—O4 | 3.2 (4) |
C13—O3—C4—C3 | −177.5 (2) | N1—N2—C8—C9 | −176.8 (2) |
O2—C3—C4—O3 | 5.1 (3) | O4—C8—C9—C10 | −11.6 (3) |
C2—C3—C4—O3 | 180.0 (2) | N2—C8—C9—C10 | 168.4 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C9—H9B···O2i | 0.97 | 2.50 | 3.448 (3) | 165 |
C13—H13A···O4ii | 0.96 | 2.51 | 3.350 (3) | 146 |
N2—H2···O4iii | 0.86 | 1.98 | 2.802 (3) | 160 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) x, −y+1/2, z−1/2. |
Footnotes
‡Additional correspondence author, e-mail: sselvanayagam@gmail.com.
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