Abstract
In the title compound, C5H4BrNO, there are two molecules in the asymmetric unit that are related by a pseudo-inversion center. The two independent molecules are approximately planar, with an observed (ring–ring) angle of 5.49 (13)°. The crystal structure exhibits a herringbone pattern with the zigzag running along the b-axis direction. The least-squares plane containing the rings of both asymmetric molecules and the plane containing the symmetrically related molecules make a plane–plane angle of 66.69 (10)°, which makes the bend of the herringbone pattern. The bromo group on one molecule points to the bromo group on the neighboring molecule, with a Br⋯Br intermolecular distance of 4.0408 (16) Å. The herringbone layer-to-layer distance is 3.431 (4) Å with a shift of 1.742 (7) Å. There are no short contacts, hydrogen bonds, or π–π interactions.
Keywords: crystal structure, 3-bromopyridine N-oxide, herringbone pattern
Related literature
For the synthesis of pyridine N-oxide-related compounds, see: Rousseau & Robins (1965 ▸). For an example of the chemistry of the title compound and its use in catalysed cyclization of alkynyl oxiranes and oxetanes, see: Gronnier et al. (2012 ▸).
Experimental
Crystal data
C5H4BrNO
M r = 174.00
Monoclinic,
a = 7.832 (5) Å
b = 18.398 (10) Å
c = 8.298 (5) Å
β = 92.906 (5)°
V = 1194.2 (12) Å3
Z = 8
Mo Kα radiation
μ = 6.77 mm−1
T = 173 K
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 mm
Data collection
Rigaku XtaLAB mini diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan (REQAB; Rigaku, 1998 ▸) T min = 0.189, T max = 0.257
12561 measured reflections
2732 independent reflections
1881 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
R int = 0.056
Refinement
R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.041
wR(F 2) = 0.092
S = 1.09
2732 reflections
146 parameters
H-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax = 0.50 e Å−3
Δρmin = −0.67 e Å−3
Data collection: CrystalClear-SM Expert (Rigaku, 2011 ▸); cell refinement: CrystalClear-SM Expert; data reduction: CrystalClear-SM Expert; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015a ▸); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015b ▸); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009 ▸); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2.
Supplementary Material
Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792Isup3.cml
. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792fig1.tif
The asymmetric unit of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level.
CCDC reference: 1430552
Additional supporting information: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge financial support from Armstrong State University.
supplementary crystallographic information
S1. Structural commentary
Details of the synthesis pyridine N-oxide related compounds appears in the literature Rousseau & Robins (1965). The title compound is used in the catalyzed cyclization of alkynyl oxiranes and oxetanes Gronnier, et al. (2012). The asymmetric unit of the title compound is shown in Fig. 1. There are two molecules in the asymmetric unit that are related by a pseudo-inversion center. The inversion symmetry is broken by the nonplanar arrangement of the two molecules. The two independent molecules are found to be nearly planar with an observed twist angle of 5.49 (13)° and a fold angle of 1.40 (13)°. The distance between O2···Br1 is 4.307 (3) Å and the distance between O1···Br2 is 4.196 (3) Å. The structure exhibits a herringbone pattern with the zigzag running along the b axis. The least-squares plane containing both rings of the asymmetric unit and the plane containing the symmetrically-related molecules have a plane-plane angle of 66.69 (10)°, which makes the bend of the herringbone pattern. The bromo group on one molecule points to the bromo group on the neighboring molecule with the Br1···Br2 intermolecular distance at 4.0408 (16) Å. The herringbone layer-to-layer distance is 3.431 (4) Å with a shift of 1.742 (7) Å.
S2. Synthesis and crystallization
3-Bromopyridine N-oxide was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and 0.10 g was dissolved in approximately 50 mL of methanol. Diffraction quality crystals were obtained by slow evaporation of the solvent.
S3. Refinement
H atoms were placed in calculated positions with C–H = 0.93Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).
Figures
Fig. 1.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level.
Crystal data
| C5H4BrNO | F(000) = 672 |
| Mr = 174.00 | Dx = 1.936 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| a = 7.832 (5) Å | Cell parameters from 2269 reflections |
| b = 18.398 (10) Å | θ = 1.6–27.4° |
| c = 8.298 (5) Å | µ = 6.77 mm−1 |
| β = 92.906 (5)° | T = 173 K |
| V = 1194.2 (12) Å3 | Prism, colorless |
| Z = 8 | 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 mm |
Data collection
| Rigaku XtaLAB mini diffractometer | 2732 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: Sealed Tube | 1881 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Graphite Monochromator monochromator | Rint = 0.056 |
| Detector resolution: 13.6612 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.7° |
| ω scans | h = −10→10 |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (REQAB; Rigaku, 1998) | k = −23→23 |
| Tmin = 0.189, Tmax = 0.257 | l = −10→10 |
| 12561 measured reflections |
Refinement
| Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0225P)2 + 1.184P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| wR(F2) = 0.092 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
| S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.50 e Å−3 |
| 2732 reflections | Δρmin = −0.67 e Å−3 |
| 146 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
| 0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 0.0059 (6) |
| Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Special details
| 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. |
Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2)
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| Br2 | 0.67164 (6) | 0.60185 (3) | 0.12441 (6) | 0.0635 (2) | |
| Br1 | 0.49425 (6) | 0.20942 (3) | 0.64430 (6) | 0.0639 (2) | |
| O2 | 0.3319 (3) | 0.40963 (15) | 0.4152 (4) | 0.0529 (8) | |
| N2 | 0.3246 (4) | 0.46580 (17) | 0.3178 (4) | 0.0405 (7) | |
| O1 | 0.8214 (4) | 0.41613 (18) | 0.3888 (4) | 0.0688 (10) | |
| N1 | 0.8315 (4) | 0.36058 (18) | 0.4861 (4) | 0.0458 (8) | |
| C6 | 0.4715 (5) | 0.4993 (2) | 0.2786 (4) | 0.0399 (9) | |
| H6 | 0.5765 | 0.4832 | 0.3222 | 0.048* | |
| C2 | 0.6948 (5) | 0.2634 (2) | 0.6143 (4) | 0.0423 (9) | |
| C1 | 0.6861 (5) | 0.3230 (2) | 0.5159 (5) | 0.0439 (9) | |
| H1 | 0.5814 | 0.3380 | 0.4694 | 0.053* | |
| C7 | 0.4632 (5) | 0.5572 (2) | 0.1741 (5) | 0.0419 (9) | |
| C3 | 0.8487 (6) | 0.2403 (2) | 0.6878 (5) | 0.0494 (10) | |
| H3 | 0.8548 | 0.1997 | 0.7547 | 0.059* | |
| C10 | 0.1717 (5) | 0.4901 (2) | 0.2572 (5) | 0.0473 (10) | |
| H10 | 0.0713 | 0.4681 | 0.2873 | 0.057* | |
| C5 | 0.9832 (5) | 0.3399 (2) | 0.5567 (5) | 0.0500 (10) | |
| H5 | 1.0818 | 0.3659 | 0.5372 | 0.060* | |
| C4 | 0.9919 (5) | 0.2807 (2) | 0.6567 (5) | 0.0519 (11) | |
| H4 | 1.0970 | 0.2673 | 0.7049 | 0.062* | |
| C8 | 0.3107 (5) | 0.5830 (2) | 0.1079 (5) | 0.0525 (11) | |
| H8 | 0.3062 | 0.6223 | 0.0375 | 0.063* | |
| C9 | 0.1645 (5) | 0.5475 (3) | 0.1510 (5) | 0.0571 (12) | |
| H9 | 0.0589 | 0.5628 | 0.1073 | 0.069* |
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2)
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| Br2 | 0.0504 (3) | 0.0630 (3) | 0.0777 (4) | −0.0142 (2) | 0.0089 (2) | 0.0102 (2) |
| Br1 | 0.0534 (3) | 0.0706 (4) | 0.0674 (3) | −0.0198 (2) | 0.0011 (2) | 0.0044 (2) |
| O2 | 0.0458 (17) | 0.0450 (17) | 0.0679 (19) | −0.0009 (13) | 0.0033 (15) | 0.0144 (14) |
| N2 | 0.0385 (19) | 0.0358 (18) | 0.0471 (18) | 0.0008 (14) | 0.0014 (15) | 0.0007 (14) |
| O1 | 0.0456 (19) | 0.072 (2) | 0.089 (2) | 0.0061 (15) | 0.0075 (17) | 0.0410 (18) |
| N1 | 0.0341 (18) | 0.049 (2) | 0.055 (2) | 0.0025 (15) | 0.0058 (16) | 0.0087 (17) |
| C6 | 0.030 (2) | 0.044 (2) | 0.046 (2) | −0.0008 (16) | −0.0014 (17) | −0.0017 (17) |
| C2 | 0.039 (2) | 0.047 (2) | 0.041 (2) | −0.0045 (18) | 0.0027 (18) | −0.0059 (18) |
| C1 | 0.034 (2) | 0.052 (3) | 0.046 (2) | 0.0011 (18) | −0.0014 (17) | −0.0006 (19) |
| C7 | 0.039 (2) | 0.040 (2) | 0.047 (2) | −0.0015 (17) | 0.0039 (18) | −0.0035 (18) |
| C3 | 0.053 (3) | 0.046 (2) | 0.048 (2) | −0.002 (2) | −0.009 (2) | 0.0049 (19) |
| C10 | 0.028 (2) | 0.054 (3) | 0.060 (3) | 0.0035 (18) | 0.0047 (19) | 0.001 (2) |
| C5 | 0.030 (2) | 0.061 (3) | 0.059 (3) | 0.0003 (19) | 0.0000 (19) | 0.006 (2) |
| C4 | 0.041 (2) | 0.055 (3) | 0.058 (3) | 0.006 (2) | −0.008 (2) | 0.001 (2) |
| C8 | 0.046 (3) | 0.052 (3) | 0.059 (3) | 0.010 (2) | 0.003 (2) | 0.018 (2) |
| C9 | 0.039 (2) | 0.064 (3) | 0.067 (3) | 0.014 (2) | −0.006 (2) | 0.004 (2) |
Geometric parameters (Å, º)
| Br2—C7 | 1.892 (4) | C1—H1 | 0.9300 |
| Br1—C2 | 1.885 (4) | C7—C8 | 1.373 (5) |
| O2—N2 | 1.312 (4) | C3—H3 | 0.9300 |
| N2—C6 | 1.359 (5) | C3—C4 | 1.381 (6) |
| N2—C10 | 1.351 (5) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
| O1—N1 | 1.302 (4) | C10—C9 | 1.374 (6) |
| N1—C1 | 1.365 (5) | C5—H5 | 0.9300 |
| N1—C5 | 1.352 (5) | C5—C4 | 1.369 (6) |
| C6—H6 | 0.9300 | C4—H4 | 0.9300 |
| C6—C7 | 1.373 (5) | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
| C2—C1 | 1.367 (5) | C8—C9 | 1.380 (6) |
| C2—C3 | 1.390 (5) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
| O2—N2—C6 | 119.6 (3) | C2—C3—H3 | 121.7 |
| O2—N2—C10 | 120.0 (3) | C4—C3—C2 | 116.7 (4) |
| C10—N2—C6 | 120.4 (3) | C4—C3—H3 | 121.7 |
| O1—N1—C1 | 119.0 (3) | N2—C10—H10 | 120.0 |
| O1—N1—C5 | 120.9 (3) | N2—C10—C9 | 120.0 (4) |
| C5—N1—C1 | 120.1 (3) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.0 |
| N2—C6—H6 | 120.4 | N1—C5—H5 | 119.9 |
| N2—C6—C7 | 119.2 (3) | N1—C5—C4 | 120.2 (4) |
| C7—C6—H6 | 120.4 | C4—C5—H5 | 119.9 |
| C1—C2—Br1 | 119.0 (3) | C3—C4—H4 | 119.2 |
| C1—C2—C3 | 121.5 (4) | C5—C4—C3 | 121.7 (4) |
| C3—C2—Br1 | 119.4 (3) | C5—C4—H4 | 119.2 |
| N1—C1—C2 | 119.9 (4) | C7—C8—H8 | 121.7 |
| N1—C1—H1 | 120.1 | C7—C8—C9 | 116.7 (4) |
| C2—C1—H1 | 120.1 | C9—C8—H8 | 121.7 |
| C6—C7—Br2 | 117.4 (3) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.4 (4) |
| C6—C7—C8 | 122.3 (4) | C10—C9—H9 | 119.3 |
| C8—C7—Br2 | 120.3 (3) | C8—C9—H9 | 119.3 |
| Br2—C7—C8—C9 | −179.7 (3) | N1—C5—C4—C3 | 0.4 (7) |
| Br1—C2—C1—N1 | −176.6 (3) | C6—N2—C10—C9 | 2.2 (6) |
| Br1—C2—C3—C4 | 177.8 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | −0.3 (6) |
| O2—N2—C6—C7 | 178.8 (3) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.8 (6) |
| O2—N2—C10—C9 | −177.9 (4) | C1—N1—C5—C4 | 0.8 (6) |
| N2—C6—C7—Br2 | 179.8 (3) | C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.1 (6) |
| N2—C6—C7—C8 | 0.4 (6) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 1.1 (7) |
| N2—C10—C9—C8 | −2.1 (7) | C3—C2—C1—N1 | 1.1 (6) |
| O1—N1—C1—C2 | 178.3 (4) | C10—N2—C6—C7 | −1.4 (5) |
| O1—N1—C5—C4 | −179.0 (4) | C5—N1—C1—C2 | −1.6 (6) |
Footnotes
Supporting information for this paper is available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: LH5792).
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Supplementary Materials
Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792Isup3.cml
. DOI: 10.1107/S205698901501909X/lh5792fig1.tif
The asymmetric unit of the title compound. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level.
CCDC reference: 1430552
Additional supporting information: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report
