3',4'-Dimeth-oxy-biphenyl-4-carbonitrile.

The title compound, C(15)H(13)NO(2), was prepared through a palladium-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction. The dihedral angle between the biphenyl rings is 40.96 (6)°. The meth-oxy groups are twisted slightly out of the plane of the benzene ring [C-C-C-C torsion angles = -3.61 (18) and 12.6 (2)°]. The packing of the molecules is stabilized by van der Waals inter-actions.

Related literature

For general background to the synthesis and properties of 3′,4′-dimeth­oxy­biphenyl-4-carbonitrile, see: Suzuki (1999 ▶); Razler et al. (2009 ▶); Hou et al. (2011 ▶). For the biological activity of biphenyl derivatives, see: Kimpe et al. (1996 ▶).

Experimental

Crystal data

C15H13NO2

M = 239.26

Monoclinic,

a = 9.1568 (10) Å

b = 7.7541 (8) Å

c = 17.6764 (19) Å

β = 96.266 (1)°

V = 1247.6 (2) Å3

Z = 4

Mo Kα radiation

μ = 0.09 mm−1

T = 295 K

0.32 × 0.30 × 0.26 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEX CCD detector diffractometer

Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996 ▶) T min = 0.973, T max = 0.978

8149 measured reflections

2399 independent reflections

1839 reflections with I > 2σ(I)

R int = 0.020

Refinement

R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)] = 0.036

wR(F 2) = 0.104

S = 1.05

2399 reflections

166 parameters

H-atom parameters constrained

Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3

Δρmin = −0.12 e Å−3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004 ▶); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2004 ▶); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008 ▶); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010 ▶).

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) I, global. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011464/bx2401sup1.cif

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011464/bx2401Isup2.cdx

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011464/bx2401Isup3.hkl

Supplementary material file. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812011464/bx2401Isup4.cml

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

C15H13NO2	F(000) = 504
Mr = 239.26	Dx = 1.274 Mg m−3
Monoclinic, P21/c	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc	Cell parameters from 2577 reflections
a = 9.1568 (10) Å	θ = 2.9–25.8°
b = 7.7541 (8) Å	µ = 0.09 mm−1
c = 17.6764 (19) Å	T = 295 K
β = 96.266 (1)°	Block, colorless
V = 1247.6 (2) Å3	0.32 × 0.30 × 0.26 mm
Z = 4

Bruker SMART APEX CCD detector diffractometer	2399 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	1839 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromator	Rint = 0.020
phi and ω scans	θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 2.9°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996)	h = −10→11
Tmin = 0.973, Tmax = 0.978	k = −9→8
8149 measured reflections	l = −21→21

Refinement on F2	Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
Least-squares matrix: full	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.036	H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.104	w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.052P)2 + 0.1238P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.05	(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
2399 reflections	Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3
166 parameters	Δρmin = −0.12 e Å−3
0 restraints	Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods	Extinction coefficient: 0.017 (2)

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
O3	0.14237 (10)	0.09170 (14)	0.04364 (6)	0.0626 (3)
C8	0.55897 (13)	0.10197 (17)	0.16381 (6)	0.0431 (3)
C9	0.51177 (13)	−0.03577 (17)	0.11570 (6)	0.0420 (3)
H9	0.5753	−0.1271	0.1096	0.050*
C5	0.70869 (13)	0.10066 (16)	0.20533 (7)	0.0432 (3)
C10	0.37226 (13)	−0.03711 (17)	0.07734 (6)	0.0425 (3)
O2	0.31442 (9)	−0.16798 (13)	0.03141 (5)	0.0546 (3)
C11	0.27761 (13)	0.10261 (18)	0.08472 (7)	0.0475 (3)
C13	0.46307 (14)	0.23659 (19)	0.17187 (8)	0.0526 (4)
H13	0.4923	0.3277	0.2043	0.063*
C4	0.82954 (14)	0.04428 (19)	0.17115 (8)	0.0520 (4)
H4	0.8170	0.0075	0.1208	0.062*
C3	0.96813 (15)	0.04188 (19)	0.21075 (9)	0.0568 (4)
H3	1.0483	0.0055	0.1869	0.068*
C12	0.32371 (15)	0.23763 (19)	0.13225 (8)	0.0554 (4)
H12	0.2609	0.3300	0.1378	0.066*
C6	0.73122 (15)	0.15651 (19)	0.28075 (7)	0.0522 (3)
H6	0.6519	0.1970	0.3043	0.063*
C7	0.86821 (15)	0.1529 (2)	0.32089 (8)	0.0585 (4)
H7	0.8809	0.1900	0.3712	0.070*
C2	0.98743 (15)	0.09404 (18)	0.28652 (8)	0.0552 (4)
C14	0.40771 (15)	−0.30952 (19)	0.01883 (8)	0.0569 (4)
H14A	0.4924	−0.2685	−0.0033	0.085*
H14B	0.3552	−0.3904	−0.0152	0.085*
H14C	0.4384	−0.3652	0.0664	0.085*
C15	0.05399 (16)	0.2429 (2)	0.03800 (10)	0.0692 (5)
H15A	0.0321	0.2764	0.0878	0.104*
H15B	−0.0359	0.2199	0.0064	0.104*
H15C	0.1061	0.3343	0.0160	0.104*
C1	1.13159 (18)	0.0889 (2)	0.32852 (10)	0.0703 (5)
N1	1.24412 (18)	0.0863 (2)	0.36292 (10)	0.1005 (6)

	U11	U22	U33	U12	U13	U23
O3	0.0425 (5)	0.0668 (7)	0.0749 (7)	0.0073 (5)	−0.0095 (4)	−0.0125 (5)
C8	0.0431 (7)	0.0452 (8)	0.0406 (6)	−0.0020 (6)	0.0025 (5)	−0.0018 (5)
C9	0.0407 (7)	0.0414 (7)	0.0437 (6)	0.0013 (5)	0.0044 (5)	−0.0018 (5)
C5	0.0457 (7)	0.0389 (7)	0.0440 (7)	−0.0037 (5)	0.0001 (5)	−0.0005 (5)
C10	0.0433 (7)	0.0435 (7)	0.0405 (6)	−0.0040 (6)	0.0042 (5)	−0.0042 (5)
O2	0.0467 (5)	0.0526 (6)	0.0624 (6)	−0.0005 (4)	−0.0030 (4)	−0.0167 (4)
C11	0.0381 (6)	0.0545 (8)	0.0489 (7)	0.0007 (6)	0.0001 (5)	−0.0031 (6)
C13	0.0518 (8)	0.0512 (9)	0.0536 (8)	0.0016 (6)	−0.0002 (6)	−0.0143 (6)
C4	0.0487 (8)	0.0546 (9)	0.0515 (7)	−0.0009 (6)	0.0000 (6)	−0.0093 (6)
C3	0.0471 (8)	0.0523 (9)	0.0700 (9)	0.0002 (6)	0.0014 (6)	−0.0052 (7)
C12	0.0479 (7)	0.0523 (9)	0.0650 (9)	0.0094 (6)	0.0022 (6)	−0.0118 (7)
C6	0.0526 (7)	0.0568 (9)	0.0466 (7)	−0.0028 (7)	0.0023 (6)	−0.0042 (6)
C7	0.0647 (9)	0.0609 (10)	0.0467 (7)	−0.0092 (7)	−0.0077 (7)	−0.0009 (6)
C2	0.0519 (8)	0.0429 (8)	0.0665 (9)	−0.0068 (6)	−0.0128 (7)	0.0069 (6)
C14	0.0606 (8)	0.0495 (9)	0.0602 (8)	0.0003 (7)	0.0044 (7)	−0.0145 (6)
C15	0.0512 (8)	0.0735 (11)	0.0792 (10)	0.0127 (8)	−0.0097 (7)	0.0050 (8)
C1	0.0652 (10)	0.0561 (10)	0.0830 (11)	−0.0044 (8)	−0.0216 (9)	0.0080 (8)
N1	0.0749 (10)	0.0913 (12)	0.1230 (14)	−0.0034 (9)	−0.0452 (10)	0.0111 (10)

O3—C11	1.3681 (15)	C4—H4	0.9300
O3—C15	1.4217 (18)	C3—C2	1.392 (2)
C8—C13	1.3814 (18)	C3—H3	0.9300
C8—C9	1.4038 (17)	C12—H12	0.9300
C8—C5	1.4828 (16)	C6—C7	1.3724 (18)
C9—C10	1.3794 (16)	C6—H6	0.9300
C9—H9	0.9300	C7—C2	1.383 (2)
C5—C4	1.3880 (18)	C7—H7	0.9300
C5—C6	1.3954 (17)	C2—C1	1.4426 (19)
C10—O2	1.3695 (15)	C14—H14A	0.9600
C10—C11	1.4023 (18)	C14—H14B	0.9600
O2—C14	1.4231 (17)	C14—H14C	0.9600
C11—C12	1.3795 (19)	C15—H15A	0.9600
C13—C12	1.3870 (18)	C15—H15B	0.9600
C13—H13	0.9300	C15—H15C	0.9600
C4—C3	1.3809 (18)	C1—N1	1.1381 (18)
C11—O3—C15	117.49 (11)	C11—C12—C13	120.43 (12)
C13—C8—C9	118.70 (11)	C11—C12—H12	119.8
C13—C8—C5	121.20 (11)	C13—C12—H12	119.8
C9—C8—C5	120.10 (11)	C7—C6—C5	121.27 (13)
C10—C9—C8	120.72 (11)	C7—C6—H6	119.4
C10—C9—H9	119.6	C5—C6—H6	119.4
C8—C9—H9	119.6	C6—C7—C2	120.02 (12)
C4—C5—C6	118.15 (11)	C6—C7—H7	120.0
C4—C5—C8	121.65 (11)	C2—C7—H7	120.0
C6—C5—C8	120.20 (11)	C7—C2—C3	119.67 (12)
O2—C10—C9	125.07 (11)	C7—C2—C1	120.31 (14)
O2—C10—C11	115.12 (11)	C3—C2—C1	120.01 (14)
C9—C10—C11	119.81 (11)	O2—C14—H14A	109.5
C10—O2—C14	117.66 (10)	O2—C14—H14B	109.5
O3—C11—C12	124.69 (12)	H14A—C14—H14B	109.5
O3—C11—C10	115.83 (11)	O2—C14—H14C	109.5
C12—C11—C10	119.46 (11)	H14A—C14—H14C	109.5
C8—C13—C12	120.83 (12)	H14B—C14—H14C	109.5
C8—C13—H13	119.6	O3—C15—H15A	109.5
C12—C13—H13	119.6	O3—C15—H15B	109.5
C3—C4—C5	121.05 (12)	H15A—C15—H15B	109.5
C3—C4—H4	119.5	O3—C15—H15C	109.5
C5—C4—H4	119.5	H15A—C15—H15C	109.5
C4—C3—C2	119.80 (14)	H15B—C15—H15C	109.5
C4—C3—H3	120.1	N1—C1—C2	178.6 (2)
C2—C3—H3	120.1
C13—C8—C9—C10	−0.17 (18)	C5—C8—C13—C12	179.36 (12)
C5—C8—C9—C10	179.33 (11)	C6—C5—C4—C3	0.6 (2)
C13—C8—C5—C4	−139.90 (14)	C8—C5—C4—C3	−179.25 (12)
C9—C8—C5—C4	40.61 (18)	C5—C4—C3—C2	1.0 (2)
C13—C8—C5—C6	40.26 (18)	O3—C11—C12—C13	179.70 (13)
C9—C8—C5—C6	−139.23 (13)	C10—C11—C12—C13	0.7 (2)
C8—C9—C10—O2	−177.57 (11)	C8—C13—C12—C11	0.9 (2)
C8—C9—C10—C11	1.74 (18)	C4—C5—C6—C7	−1.3 (2)
C9—C10—O2—C14	−3.61 (18)	C8—C5—C6—C7	178.53 (12)
C11—C10—O2—C14	177.05 (11)	C5—C6—C7—C2	0.4 (2)
C15—O3—C11—C12	12.6 (2)	C6—C7—C2—C3	1.2 (2)
C15—O3—C11—C10	−168.41 (13)	C6—C7—C2—C1	−179.64 (14)
O2—C10—C11—O3	−1.71 (16)	C4—C3—C2—C7	−2.0 (2)
C9—C10—C11—O3	178.92 (11)	C4—C3—C2—C1	178.93 (14)
O2—C10—C11—C12	177.36 (12)	C7—C2—C1—N1	0 (7)
C9—C10—C11—C12	−2.01 (19)	C3—C2—C1—N1	179 (100)
C9—C8—C13—C12	−1.1 (2)