4-Chloro-N-(2,6-dimethyl­phen­yl)-2-methyl­benzene­sulfonamide

Vinola Z Rodrigues; Sabine Foro; B Thimme Gowda

doi:10.1107/S1600536811040888

. 2011 Oct 8;67(Pt 11):o2890. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811040888

4-Chloro-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzenesulfonamide

Vinola Z Rodrigues ^a, Sabine Foro ^b, B Thimme Gowda ^a,^*

PMCID: PMC3247307 PMID: 22219925

Abstract

In the title compound, C₁₅H₁₆ClNO₂S, the C—SO₂—NH—C torsion angle is −61.15 (16)°. The sulfonyl and aniline benzene rings are tilted relative to each other by 38.8 (1)°. The crystal structure features inversion-related dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

Related literature

For the preparation of the title compound, see: Savitha & Gowda (2006 ▶). For hydrogen-bonding modes of sulfonamides, see: Adsmond & Grant (2001 ▶). For studies on the effects of substituents on the structures and other aspects of N-(aryl)-amides, see: Gowda et al. (2000 ▶), on N-(aryl)-methanesulfonamides, see: Gowda et al. (2007 ▶), on N-(aryl)-arylsulfonamides, see: Gelbrich et al. (2007 ▶); Perlovich et al. (2006 ▶); Rodrigues et al. (2011 ▶); Shetty & Gowda (2005 ▶) and on N-(chloro)-arylsulfonamides, see: Gowda et al. (2003 ▶).

Experimental

Crystal data

C₁₅H₁₆ClNO₂S
M _r = 309.80
Triclinic,
a = 8.275 (2) Å
b = 8.430 (2) Å
c = 11.195 (2) Å
α = 92.12 (1)°
β = 96.15 (1)°
γ = 109.58 (2)°
V = 729.3 (3) Å³
Z = 2
Mo Kα radiation
μ = 0.41 mm⁻¹
T = 293 K
0.46 × 0.40 × 0.24 mm

Data collection

Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer with a Sapphire CCD detector
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2009 ▶) T _min = 0.836, T _max = 0.909
4886 measured reflections
2948 independent reflections
2588 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
R _int = 0.011

Refinement

R[F ² > 2σ(F ²)] = 0.038
wR(F ²) = 0.096
S = 1.06
2948 reflections
187 parameters
1 restraint
H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
Δρ_max = 0.31 e Å⁻³
Δρ_min = −0.45 e Å⁻³

Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2009 ▶); cell refinement: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2009 ▶); data reduction: CrysAlis RED; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); molecular graphics: PLATON (Spek, 2009 ▶); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) I, global. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811040888/bt5663sup1.cif

e-67-o2890-sup1.cif^{(18.1KB, cif)}

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811040888/bt5663Isup2.hkl

e-67-o2890-Isup2.hkl^{(144.7KB, hkl)}

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811040888/bt5663Isup3.cml

Additional supplementary materials: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report

Table 1. Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °).

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
N1—H1N⋯O2ⁱ	0.84 (2)	2.21 (2)	3.024 (2)	165 (2)

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Symmetry code: (i) Inline graphic .

Acknowledgments

VZR thanks the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, for the award of an RFSMS fellowship.

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

The amide and sulfonamide moieties are the constituents of many biologically significant compounds. The hydrogen bonding preferences of sulfonamides have been investigated (Adsmond & Grant, 2001). As part of our studies on the substituent effects on the structures and other aspects of N-(aryl)-amides (Gowda et al., 2000), N-(aryl)-methanesulfonamides (Gowda et al., 2007), N-(aryl)-arylsulfonamides (Rodrigues et al., 2011; Shetty & Gowda, 2005) and N-(chloro)-arylsulfonamides (Gowda et al., 2003), in the present work, the crystal structure of 4-Chloro-2-methyl-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)benzenesulfonamide (I) has been determined (Fig. 1).

In (I), the conformation of the N—C bond in the C—SO₂—NH—C segment has gauche torsions with respect to the S═O bonds. The molecule is bent at the S atom with the C—SO₂—NH—C torsion angle of -61.2 (2)°, compared to the value of 67.5 (2)° in 4-Chloro-2-methyl-N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)benzenesulfonamide (II) (Rodrigues et al., 2011).

The sulfonyl and the aniline benzene rings are tilted relative to each other by 38.8 (1)°, compared to the value of 44.5 (1)° in (II).

The other bond parameters in (I) are similar to those observed in (II), and other aryl sulfonamides (Perlovich et al., 2006; Gelbrich et al., 2007).

In the crystal, the intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1) link the molecules into dimeric chains. Part of the crystal structure is shown in Fig. 2.

Experimental

The solution of m-chlorotoluene (10 ml) in chloroform (40 ml) was treated dropwise with chlorosulfonic acid (25 ml) at 0 ° C. After the initial evolution of hydrogen chloride subsided, the reaction mixture was brought to room temperature and poured into crushed ice in a beaker. The chloroform layer was separated, washed with cold water and allowed to evaporate slowly. The residual 2-methyl-4-chlorobenzenesulfonylchloride was treated with 2,6-dimethylaniline in the stoichiometric ratio and boiled for ten minutes. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and added to ice cold water (100 cc). The resultant solid 4-chloro-2-methyl-N- (2,6-dimethylphenyl)-benzenesulfonamide was filtered under suction and washed thoroughly with cold water. It was then recrystallized to constant melting point from dilute ethanol. The purity of the compound was checked and characterized by recording its infrared and NMR spectra (Savitha & Gowda, 2006).

Rod like colourless single crystals used in X-ray diffraction studies were grown in ethanolic solution by slow evaporation at room temperature.