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. 2012 Jan 25;68(Pt 2):o519. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812002383

N-(4-Bromo­phen­yl)-2-(4-chloro­phen­yl)acetamide

Hoong-Kun Fun a,*,, Tara Shahani a, Prakash S Nayak b, B Narayana b, B K Sarojini c
PMCID: PMC3275261  PMID: 22347117

Abstract

The title compound, C14H11BrClNO, consists of chloro­benzene and bromo­benzene units which are linked at either end of the N-methyl­propionamide group. The chloro­benzene unit [maximum deviation = 0.005 (4) Å] makes a dihedral angle of 68.21 (19)° with the bromo­benzene unit [maximum deviation = 0.012 (3) Å]. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into chains along [010].

Related literature

For the structural similarity of N-substituted 2-aryl­acetamides to the lateral chain of natural benzyl­penicillin, see: Mijin & Marinkovic (2006); Mijin et al. (2008). For the coordination abilities of amides, see: Wu et al. (2008, 2010). For related structures, see: Praveen et al. (2011a ,b ,c ); Fun et al. (2011a ,b ).graphic file with name e-68-0o519-scheme1.jpg

Experimental

Crystal data

  • C14H11BrClNO

  • M r = 324.60

  • Monoclinic, Inline graphic

  • a = 15.584 (8) Å

  • b = 4.763 (3) Å

  • c = 18.139 (10) Å

  • β = 96.984 (11)°

  • V = 1336.5 (12) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo Kα radiation

  • μ = 3.26 mm−1

  • T = 296 K

  • 0.69 × 0.19 × 0.06 mm

Data collection

  • Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) T min = 0.211, T max = 0.826

  • 12836 measured reflections

  • 3880 independent reflections

  • 1970 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

  • R int = 0.076

Refinement

  • R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.059

  • wR(F 2) = 0.166

  • S = 1.03

  • 3880 reflections

  • 167 parameters

  • H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement

  • Δρmax = 0.52 e Å−3

  • Δρmin = −0.54 e Å−3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2009); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2009); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).

Supplementary Material

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050sup1.cif

e-68-0o519-sup1.cif (21.9KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050Isup2.hkl

e-68-0o519-Isup2.hkl (190.2KB, hkl)

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050Isup3.cml

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

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

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
N1—H1N1⋯O1i 0.71 (4) 2.17 (4) 2.843 (4) 160 (5)

Symmetry code: (i) Inline graphic.

Acknowledgments

HKF and TSH thank Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for the Research University Grant (1001/PFIZIK/811160). TSH also thanks USM for the award of a research fellowship. BN thanks the UGC, New Delhi, and the Government of India for the purchase of chemicals through the SAP-DRS-Phase 1 programme.

supplementary crystallographic information

Comment

N-Substituted 2-arylacetamides are very interesting compounds because of their structural similarity to the lateral chain of natural benzylpenicillin (Mijin & Marinkovic, 2006; Mijin et al., 2008). Amides are also used as ligands due to their excellent coordination abilities (Wu et al., 2008, 2010). Crystal structures of some acetamide derivatives viz., N-(4-chloro-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-2-(3-methylphenyl) acetamide monohydrate, N-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-2,2-diphenylacetamide and N-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-2-(naphthalen-1-yl)acetamide (Praveen et al., 2011a,b,c) have been reported. In continuation of our work on synthesis of amides (Fun et al., 2011a,b) we report herein the crystal structure of the title compound.

The title compound (Fig. 1), consists of a chlorobenzene (C9–C14/Cl1) and bromobenzene (C1–C6/Br1) moieties which are attached to the N-methylpropionamide (N1/C7–C8/O1) group. The chlorobenzene moiety (maximum deviations of 0.005 (4) at atom C10) makes dihedral angle of 68.21 (19)° with bromobenzene moiety (maximum deviations of 0.012 (3) Å at atom C6). Bond lengths are comparable to those in related structures (Fun et al., 2011a,b).

In the crystal packing (Fig. 2), intermolecular N1—H1N1···O1 hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains along [010].

Experimental

4-Chlorophenylacetic acid (0.170g, 1mmol) and 4-bromoaniline (0.172g, 1mmol), 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride(1.0g, 0.01mol) and were dissolved in dichloromethane (20mL). The mixture was stirred in presence of triethylamine at 273 K for about 3 h. The contents were poured into 100 ml of ice-cold aqueous hydrochloric acid with stirring, which was extracted thrice with dichloromethane. Organic layer was washed with saturated NaHCO3 solution and brine solution, dried and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (I). Single crystals were grown from dichloromethane mixture by the slow evaporation method mp: 439–441 k.

Refinement

N-bound H atom was located in a difference map and were refind freely. [N–H = 0.71 (4) Å] The remaining H atoms were positioned geometrically and were refined with a riding model with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(C) [C–H = 0.933, 0.9700 Å].

Figures

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

The molecular structure of the title compound, showing 30% probability displacement ellipsoids and the atom numbering scheme.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

A view of the crystal packing where N1—H1N1···O1 hydrogen bonds (dashed lines) link the molecules into chains along [010]. Hydrogen atoms not involved in hydrogen bonding have been omitted for clarity.

Crystal data

C14H11BrClNO F(000) = 648
Mr = 324.60 Dx = 1.613 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/c Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc Cell parameters from 1975 reflections
a = 15.584 (8) Å θ = 2.5–24.6°
b = 4.763 (3) Å µ = 3.26 mm1
c = 18.139 (10) Å T = 296 K
β = 96.984 (11)° Plate, colourless
V = 1336.5 (12) Å3 0.69 × 0.19 × 0.06 mm
Z = 4

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer 3880 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube 1970 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite Rint = 0.076
φ and ω scans θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 2.3°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2009) h = −21→21
Tmin = 0.211, Tmax = 0.826 k = −6→6
12836 measured reflections l = −25→24

Refinement

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)] = 0.059 Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.166 H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
S = 1.03 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.P)2 + 0.5271P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
3880 reflections (Δ/σ)max < 0.001
167 parameters Δρmax = 0.52 e Å3
0 restraints Δρmin = −0.54 e Å3

Special details

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.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2)

x y z Uiso*/Ueq
Br1 0.28762 (3) 0.70007 (12) 0.35364 (3) 0.0891 (3)
O1 −0.1362 (2) 0.6167 (5) 0.3893 (3) 0.1018 (14)
N1 −0.0827 (2) 1.0487 (6) 0.37965 (19) 0.0562 (9)
Cl1 −0.52585 (7) 0.1650 (2) 0.38444 (7) 0.0663 (3)
C1 0.0462 (3) 0.7777 (7) 0.4237 (2) 0.0594 (10)
H1A 0.0171 0.6980 0.4604 0.071*
C2 0.1300 (3) 0.7001 (8) 0.4179 (2) 0.0607 (10)
H2A 0.1574 0.5677 0.4504 0.073*
C3 0.1732 (3) 0.8182 (8) 0.3642 (2) 0.0573 (9)
C4 0.1331 (3) 1.0177 (8) 0.3172 (2) 0.0667 (11)
H4A 0.1627 1.1011 0.2814 0.080*
C5 0.0495 (3) 1.0933 (8) 0.3232 (3) 0.0652 (11)
H5A 0.0226 1.2285 0.2914 0.078*
C6 0.0047 (2) 0.9718 (6) 0.3758 (2) 0.0471 (8)
C7 −0.1479 (3) 0.8708 (6) 0.3853 (2) 0.0597 (10)
C8 −0.2359 (3) 1.0010 (7) 0.3854 (3) 0.0756 (14)
H8A −0.2475 1.1210 0.3421 0.091*
H8B −0.2354 1.1186 0.4291 0.091*
C9 −0.3081 (3) 0.7905 (7) 0.3849 (3) 0.0626 (12)
C10 −0.3510 (3) 0.6898 (7) 0.3188 (3) 0.0634 (11)
H10A −0.3350 0.7532 0.2740 0.076*
C11 −0.4175 (3) 0.4957 (7) 0.3185 (2) 0.0578 (9)
H11A −0.4465 0.4305 0.2739 0.069*
C12 −0.4396 (2) 0.4024 (7) 0.3850 (2) 0.0491 (9)
C13 −0.3986 (3) 0.4935 (8) 0.4515 (2) 0.0577 (9)
H13A −0.4145 0.4264 0.4960 0.069*
C14 −0.3332 (3) 0.6879 (8) 0.4508 (3) 0.0625 (11)
H14A −0.3049 0.7522 0.4957 0.075*
H1N1 −0.087 (3) 1.197 (8) 0.376 (2) 0.058 (12)*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)

U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
Br1 0.0498 (3) 0.1141 (5) 0.1047 (5) 0.0028 (2) 0.0147 (3) −0.0110 (3)
O1 0.0549 (17) 0.0276 (11) 0.223 (4) 0.0063 (11) 0.018 (2) −0.0026 (17)
N1 0.055 (2) 0.0268 (13) 0.086 (2) 0.0063 (12) 0.0059 (17) −0.0021 (13)
Cl1 0.0496 (6) 0.0703 (6) 0.0804 (8) −0.0048 (4) 0.0137 (5) −0.0103 (5)
C1 0.059 (2) 0.0541 (19) 0.067 (3) 0.0103 (16) 0.011 (2) 0.0114 (17)
C2 0.057 (2) 0.060 (2) 0.065 (3) 0.0104 (17) 0.004 (2) 0.0087 (18)
C3 0.048 (2) 0.058 (2) 0.065 (3) −0.0049 (16) 0.005 (2) −0.0097 (18)
C4 0.062 (3) 0.073 (2) 0.066 (3) −0.014 (2) 0.013 (2) 0.012 (2)
C5 0.064 (3) 0.0519 (19) 0.076 (3) −0.0053 (18) −0.004 (2) 0.0184 (18)
C6 0.0466 (19) 0.0307 (14) 0.063 (2) 0.0002 (13) 0.0010 (17) −0.0045 (14)
C7 0.055 (2) 0.0294 (14) 0.094 (3) 0.0085 (14) 0.006 (2) −0.0064 (16)
C8 0.052 (2) 0.0350 (16) 0.140 (4) 0.0064 (15) 0.011 (3) −0.009 (2)
C9 0.047 (2) 0.0377 (16) 0.102 (4) 0.0123 (14) 0.006 (2) −0.0054 (18)
C10 0.070 (3) 0.0524 (19) 0.069 (3) 0.0048 (18) 0.010 (2) 0.0058 (18)
C11 0.058 (2) 0.057 (2) 0.058 (2) 0.0030 (17) 0.0024 (19) −0.0067 (17)
C12 0.0416 (19) 0.0458 (17) 0.060 (2) 0.0098 (14) 0.0067 (18) −0.0048 (15)
C13 0.050 (2) 0.068 (2) 0.054 (2) 0.0101 (17) 0.0044 (18) −0.0076 (18)
C14 0.055 (2) 0.060 (2) 0.070 (3) 0.0101 (18) −0.003 (2) −0.0201 (19)

Geometric parameters (Å, °)

Br1—C3 1.902 (4) C5—H5A 0.9300
O1—C7 1.225 (4) C7—C8 1.506 (5)
N1—C7 1.337 (5) C8—C9 1.506 (5)
N1—C6 1.421 (5) C8—H8A 0.9700
N1—H1N1 0.71 (4) C8—H8B 0.9700
Cl1—C12 1.756 (4) C9—C10 1.384 (6)
C1—C2 1.374 (6) C9—C14 1.391 (6)
C1—C6 1.374 (5) C10—C11 1.388 (6)
C1—H1A 0.9300 C10—H10A 0.9300
C2—C3 1.370 (6) C11—C12 1.369 (5)
C2—H2A 0.9300 C11—H11A 0.9300
C3—C4 1.376 (6) C12—C13 1.364 (5)
C4—C5 1.369 (6) C13—C14 1.379 (6)
C4—H4A 0.9300 C13—H13A 0.9300
C5—C6 1.376 (5) C14—H14A 0.9300
C7—N1—C6 125.6 (3) C7—C8—C9 113.9 (3)
C7—N1—H1N1 125 (4) C7—C8—H8A 108.8
C6—N1—H1N1 109 (4) C9—C8—H8A 108.8
C2—C1—C6 120.7 (4) C7—C8—H8B 108.8
C2—C1—H1A 119.6 C9—C8—H8B 108.8
C6—C1—H1A 119.6 H8A—C8—H8B 107.7
C3—C2—C1 119.8 (4) C10—C9—C14 117.7 (4)
C3—C2—H2A 120.1 C10—C9—C8 121.2 (4)
C1—C2—H2A 120.1 C14—C9—C8 121.1 (4)
C2—C3—C4 120.0 (4) C9—C10—C11 121.1 (4)
C2—C3—Br1 119.9 (3) C9—C10—H10A 119.4
C4—C3—Br1 120.2 (3) C11—C10—H10A 119.4
C5—C4—C3 119.8 (4) C12—C11—C10 118.6 (4)
C5—C4—H4A 120.1 C12—C11—H11A 120.7
C3—C4—H4A 120.1 C10—C11—H11A 120.7
C4—C5—C6 120.8 (4) C13—C12—C11 122.4 (4)
C4—C5—H5A 119.6 C13—C12—Cl1 119.1 (3)
C6—C5—H5A 119.6 C11—C12—Cl1 118.6 (3)
C1—C6—C5 118.8 (4) C12—C13—C14 118.2 (4)
C1—C6—N1 121.5 (3) C12—C13—H13A 120.9
C5—C6—N1 119.7 (3) C14—C13—H13A 120.9
O1—C7—N1 121.5 (3) C13—C14—C9 122.0 (4)
O1—C7—C8 122.4 (3) C13—C14—H14A 119.0
N1—C7—C8 116.1 (3) C9—C14—H14A 119.0
C6—C1—C2—C3 0.4 (6) O1—C7—C8—C9 −4.4 (7)
C1—C2—C3—C4 1.2 (6) N1—C7—C8—C9 174.7 (4)
C1—C2—C3—Br1 −177.5 (3) C7—C8—C9—C10 −89.3 (5)
C2—C3—C4—C5 −1.4 (6) C7—C8—C9—C14 89.9 (5)
Br1—C3—C4—C5 177.3 (3) C14—C9—C10—C11 0.8 (5)
C3—C4—C5—C6 −0.1 (6) C8—C9—C10—C11 180.0 (3)
C2—C1—C6—C5 −1.8 (6) C9—C10—C11—C12 −0.7 (5)
C2—C1—C6—N1 178.2 (3) C10—C11—C12—C13 0.1 (5)
C4—C5—C6—C1 1.7 (6) C10—C11—C12—Cl1 178.1 (3)
C4—C5—C6—N1 −178.4 (4) C11—C12—C13—C14 0.4 (5)
C7—N1—C6—C1 −46.6 (6) Cl1—C12—C13—C14 −177.6 (3)
C7—N1—C6—C5 133.5 (4) C12—C13—C14—C9 −0.3 (5)
C6—N1—C7—O1 1.5 (7) C10—C9—C14—C13 −0.3 (5)
C6—N1—C7—C8 −177.6 (4) C8—C9—C14—C13 −179.5 (3)

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H···A D—H H···A D···A D—H···A
N1—H1N1···O1i 0.71 (4) 2.17 (4) 2.843 (4) 160 (5)

Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z.

Footnotes

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: TK5050).

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Associated Data

This section collects any data citations, data availability statements, or supplementary materials included in this article.

Supplementary Materials

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050sup1.cif

e-68-0o519-sup1.cif (21.9KB, cif)

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050Isup2.hkl

e-68-0o519-Isup2.hkl (190.2KB, hkl)

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812002383/tk5050Isup3.cml

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


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