2-(4-Methoxy-phen-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole.

In the title mol-ecule, C(10)H(12)N(2)O, the dihedral angle between the benzene and imidazole rings is 14.86 (16)°. The approximately planar arrangement of the mol-ecule results in a distance of 2.54 Å between an ortho-H atom of the benzene ring and the double-bonded N atom of the imidazole ring. In the crystal structure, symmetry-related mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into one-dimensional chains extending along the a axis.

Related literature

For hydrogen-bond motifs, see: Bernstein et al. (1995 ▶). For related structures and syntheses, see: Stibrany et al. (2004 ▶); Kia et al. (2008 ▶, 2009a ▶,b ▶). For applications, see, for example: Blancafort (1978 ▶); Chan (1993 ▶); Vizi (1986 ▶); Li et al. (1996 ▶); Ueno et al. (1995 ▶); Corey & Grogan (1999 ▶). For details on the stability of the temperature controller used for data collection, see: Cosier & Glazer (1986 ▶). For bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987 ▶).

Experimental

Crystal data

C10H12N2O

M = 176.22

Orthorhombic,

a = 10.0574 (5) Å

b = 13.2532 (7) Å

c = 6.8321 (3) Å

V = 910.67 (8) Å3

Z = 4

Mo Kα radiation

μ = 0.09 mm−1

T = 100 K

0.23 × 0.09 × 0.06 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer

Absorption correction: multi-scan (; Bruker, 2005 ▶) T min = 0.981, T max = 0.995

8578 measured reflections

1133 independent reflections

873 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

R int = 0.049

Refinement

R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.046

wR(F 2) = 0.096

S = 1.08

1133 reflections

123 parameters

1 restraint

H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement

Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3

Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005 ▶); cell refinement: APEX2; data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005 ▶); 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 ▶).

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809009106/lh2787sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablocks I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809009106/lh2787Isup2.hkl

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

C10H12N2O	F(000) = 376
Mr = 176.22	Dx = 1.285 Mg m−3
Orthorhombic, Pna21	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: P 2c -2n	Cell parameters from 2309 reflections
a = 10.0574 (5) Å	θ = 2.5–30.0°
b = 13.2532 (7) Å	µ = 0.09 mm−1
c = 6.8321 (3) Å	T = 100 K
V = 910.67 (8) Å3	Block, colourless
Z = 4	0.23 × 0.09 × 0.06 mm

Bruker SMART APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer	1133 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	873 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
graphite	Rint = 0.049
φ and ω scans	θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.5°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005)	h = −13→12
Tmin = 0.981, Tmax = 0.995	k = −12→17
8578 measured reflections	l = −8→8

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)] = 0.046	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.096	H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
S = 1.08	w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0375P)2 + 0.2936P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
1133 reflections	(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
123 parameters	Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3
1 restraint	Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3

Experimental. The crystal was placed in the cold stream of an Oxford Cyrosystems Cobra open-flow nitrogen cryostat (Cosier & Glazer, 1986) operating at 100.0 (1) K.

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
O1	0.6844 (2)	0.00507 (17)	−0.4396 (3)	0.0302 (6)
N1	0.6252 (2)	0.28654 (19)	0.3242 (4)	0.0270 (6)
N2	0.8459 (2)	0.25758 (18)	0.3284 (4)	0.0219 (5)
C1	0.8179 (3)	0.3256 (3)	0.4948 (4)	0.0234 (7)
H1A	0.8555	0.3935	0.4702	0.028*
H1B	0.8571	0.2985	0.6169	0.028*
C2	0.6653 (3)	0.3309 (3)	0.5111 (4)	0.0233 (7)
H2A	0.6321	0.2909	0.6233	0.028*
H2B	0.6339	0.4014	0.5236	0.028*
C3	0.7329 (3)	0.2397 (2)	0.2447 (4)	0.0176 (6)
C4	0.7204 (3)	0.1776 (2)	0.0662 (4)	0.0178 (6)
C5	0.5988 (3)	0.1384 (2)	0.0039 (4)	0.0184 (6)
H5A	0.5208	0.1512	0.0784	0.022*
C6	0.5902 (3)	0.0813 (2)	−0.1641 (4)	0.0227 (7)
H6A	0.5067	0.0551	−0.2044	0.027*
C7	0.7032 (3)	0.0620 (2)	−0.2748 (4)	0.0218 (7)
C8	0.8257 (3)	0.0985 (2)	−0.2139 (4)	0.0236 (7)
H8A	0.9036	0.0844	−0.2876	0.028*
C9	0.8332 (3)	0.1557 (3)	−0.0444 (4)	0.0232 (7)
H9A	0.9172	0.1805	−0.0026	0.028*
C10	0.7990 (3)	−0.0211 (3)	−0.5514 (4)	0.0319 (8)
H10A	0.7722	−0.0624	−0.6637	0.048*
H10B	0.8609	−0.0594	−0.4694	0.048*
H10C	0.8425	0.0405	−0.5981	0.048*
H1N1	0.537 (3)	0.266 (2)	0.310 (6)	0.043 (10)*

	U11	U22	U33	U12	U13	U23
O1	0.0298 (12)	0.0350 (14)	0.0258 (10)	−0.0013 (10)	0.0007 (10)	−0.0112 (10)
N1	0.0167 (13)	0.0387 (17)	0.0257 (12)	0.0020 (12)	−0.0016 (12)	−0.0098 (14)
N2	0.0188 (12)	0.0275 (14)	0.0194 (10)	−0.0002 (11)	−0.0020 (11)	−0.0019 (12)
C1	0.0236 (15)	0.0274 (18)	0.0192 (13)	−0.0035 (14)	−0.0023 (14)	0.0011 (12)
C2	0.0231 (14)	0.0282 (18)	0.0187 (13)	−0.0005 (14)	−0.0016 (13)	−0.0036 (12)
C3	0.0192 (15)	0.0186 (16)	0.0150 (11)	−0.0016 (13)	−0.0017 (12)	0.0053 (12)
C4	0.0183 (15)	0.0192 (16)	0.0157 (12)	−0.0006 (13)	−0.0003 (12)	0.0044 (13)
C5	0.0160 (14)	0.0203 (17)	0.0189 (12)	0.0011 (12)	−0.0008 (11)	0.0024 (12)
C6	0.0182 (15)	0.0253 (17)	0.0247 (13)	−0.0028 (13)	−0.0042 (13)	0.0030 (14)
C7	0.0254 (17)	0.0239 (18)	0.0159 (13)	−0.0003 (14)	−0.0004 (12)	−0.0016 (13)
C8	0.0220 (16)	0.0284 (18)	0.0204 (13)	0.0007 (13)	0.0060 (13)	−0.0007 (14)
C9	0.0177 (16)	0.0304 (19)	0.0215 (14)	−0.0056 (14)	−0.0023 (12)	0.0023 (13)
C10	0.039 (2)	0.034 (2)	0.0227 (16)	0.0027 (16)	0.0053 (14)	−0.0100 (15)

O1—C7	1.368 (3)	C4—C9	1.393 (4)
O1—C10	1.425 (4)	C4—C5	1.396 (4)
N1—C3	1.361 (4)	C5—C6	1.377 (4)
N1—C2	1.463 (4)	C5—H5A	0.9500
N1—H1N1	0.94 (3)	C6—C7	1.389 (4)
N2—C3	1.294 (3)	C6—H6A	0.9500
N2—C1	1.478 (4)	C7—C8	1.387 (4)
C1—C2	1.541 (4)	C8—C9	1.386 (4)
C1—H1A	0.9900	C8—H8A	0.9500
C1—H1B	0.9900	C9—H9A	0.9500
C2—H2A	0.9900	C10—H10A	0.9800
C2—H2B	0.9900	C10—H10B	0.9800
C3—C4	1.476 (4)	C10—H10C	0.9800
C7—O1—C10	117.6 (2)	C5—C4—C3	122.2 (3)
C3—N1—C2	108.2 (2)	C6—C5—C4	120.9 (3)
C3—N1—H1N1	126 (2)	C6—C5—H5A	119.6
C2—N1—H1N1	118 (3)	C4—C5—H5A	119.6
C3—N2—C1	106.6 (2)	C5—C6—C7	120.3 (3)
N2—C1—C2	105.8 (2)	C5—C6—H6A	119.9
N2—C1—H1A	110.6	C7—C6—H6A	119.9
C2—C1—H1A	110.6	O1—C7—C8	124.2 (3)
N2—C1—H1B	110.6	O1—C7—C6	115.9 (3)
C2—C1—H1B	110.6	C8—C7—C6	119.9 (2)
H1A—C1—H1B	108.7	C9—C8—C7	119.3 (3)
N1—C2—C1	101.1 (2)	C9—C8—H8A	120.3
N1—C2—H2A	111.5	C7—C8—H8A	120.3
C1—C2—H2A	111.5	C8—C9—C4	121.5 (3)
N1—C2—H2B	111.5	C8—C9—H9A	119.2
C1—C2—H2B	111.5	C4—C9—H9A	119.2
H2A—C2—H2B	109.4	O1—C10—H10A	109.5
N2—C3—N1	116.0 (2)	O1—C10—H10B	109.5
N2—C3—C4	122.8 (3)	H10A—C10—H10B	109.5
N1—C3—C4	121.1 (2)	O1—C10—H10C	109.5
C9—C4—C5	118.1 (3)	H10A—C10—H10C	109.5
C9—C4—C3	119.7 (3)	H10B—C10—H10C	109.5
C3—N2—C1—C2	8.4 (3)	C3—C4—C5—C6	179.5 (3)
C3—N1—C2—C1	14.4 (3)	C4—C5—C6—C7	−0.1 (4)
N2—C1—C2—N1	−13.7 (3)	C10—O1—C7—C8	2.3 (4)
C1—N2—C3—N1	1.0 (3)	C10—O1—C7—C6	−176.7 (3)
C1—N2—C3—C4	177.3 (3)	C5—C6—C7—O1	−179.7 (2)
C2—N1—C3—N2	−10.7 (3)	C5—C6—C7—C8	1.3 (4)
C2—N1—C3—C4	172.9 (3)	O1—C7—C8—C9	179.9 (3)
N2—C3—C4—C9	−15.1 (4)	C6—C7—C8—C9	−1.2 (4)
N1—C3—C4—C9	161.0 (3)	C7—C8—C9—C4	−0.2 (4)
N2—C3—C4—C5	164.1 (3)	C5—C4—C9—C8	1.4 (4)
N1—C3—C4—C5	−19.8 (4)	C3—C4—C9—C8	−179.4 (3)
C9—C4—C5—C6	−1.3 (4)

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
N1—H1N1···N2i	0.93 (3)	1.95 (3)	2.869 (3)	168 (3)

Table 1

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
N1—H1N1⋯N2i	0.93 (3)	1.95 (3)	2.869 (3)	168 (3)

Symmetry code: (i) .