Hirshfeld surface analysis and crystal structure of N-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)acetamide.

The title compound, C9H11NO2, was obtained as unexpected product from the reaction of (4-{2-benz-yloxy-5-[(E)-(3-chloro-4-methyl-phen-yl)diazen-yl]benzyl-idene}-2-phenyl-oxazol-5(4H)-one) with 2-meth-oxy-aniline in the presence of acetic acid as solvent. The amide group is not coplanar with the benzene ring, as shown by the C-N-C-O and C-N-C-C torsion angles of -2.5 (3) and 176.54 (19)°, respectively. Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots indicate that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from H⋯H (53.9%), C⋯H/H⋯C (21.4%), O⋯H/H⋯O (21.4%) and N⋯H/H⋯N (1.7%) inter-actions.

Chemical context

The amide function is one of the most important linkages in natural chemistry. It is the key linker in peptides and a number of polymers, and is additionally found in numerous pharmaceuticals and other items (Dam et al., 2010 ▸) with natural activity, including about 25% of commercially available drugs. Consequentially, the amide bond is a standout amongst the most vital changes in a current natural blend (Ojeda-Porras & Gamba-Sánchez, 2016 ▸). In the light of such discoveries, we report the crystal structure of the title compound.

Structural commentary

The mol­ecular structure of the asymmetric unit of the C9H11NO2 compound is shown in Fig. 1 ▸. The N1—C2, C2—O2 and C2—C1 bond lengths are 1.347 (2), 1.2285 (19) and 1.480 (3) Å, respectively. The C2—O2 bond in the amide group shows partial double-bond character and is similar in length to those found in amide compounds in the literature [1.215 (2) Å (Kansiz et al., 2018 ▸), 1.240 (2) Å (Aydemir et al., 2018 ▸) and 1.2205 (10) Å (Chkirate et al., 2019 ▸)]. The C3—C8 benzene ring is planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.0019. The amide group is not coplanar with the benzene ring, as shown by the C3—N1—C2—O2 and C3—N1—C2—C1 torsion angles of −2.5 (3) and 176.54 (19)°, respectively.

Figure 1

The asymmetric unit of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level.

Supra­molecular features

In the crystal, adjacent mol­ecules are linked by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming supra­molecular chains propagating along the a-axis direction (Table 1 ▸ and Fig. 2 ▸). The chains are further connected by weak C—H⋯π inter­actions.

Table 1

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

Cg1 is the centroid of the C3–C8 ring.

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
N1—H1⋯O2i	0.86	2.10	2.9486 (17)	168
C1—H1B⋯O2i	0.96	2.56	3.378 (2)	143
C1—H9B⋯Cg1ii	0.96	2.61	3.387	139

Symmetry codes: (i) ; (ii) .

Figure 2

A partial view of the crystal packing. Dashed lines denote the inter­molecular C—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds (Table 1 ▸).

Hirshfeld surface analysis

Hirshfeld surface analysis (Spackman & Jayatilaka, 2009 ▸) and the associated two-dimensional fingerprint plots (McKinnon et al., 2007 ▸) were generated using CrystalExplorer17 (Turner et al., 2017 ▸). Plots of the Hirshfeld surface mapped over d norm, d i and d e using a fixed colour scale of −0.5051 (red) to 1.2978 (blue) a.u. are shown in Fig. 3 ▸.. The red spots in the d norm plot indicate the inter­molecular contacts associated with the strong hydrogen bonds and inter­atomic contacts such as N—H⋯O. Fig. 4 ▸ shows the d mapped on the Hirshfeld surface to visualize the inter­molecular inter­actions of the title compound. The fingerprint plots complement the Hirshfeld surface, qu­anti­tatively summarizing the nature and type of the inter­molecular contacts by illustrating atominside/atomoutside inter­actions (Fig. 5 ▸). The contribution from the H⋯H contacts is observed to be highest towards the Hirshfeld surface with a 53.9% contribution. The contribution from the C—H⋯O hydrogen bond (21.4% contribution) appears as a pair of sharp spikes at d e + d i =1.9 Å. A view of the three-dimensional Hirshfeld surface plotted over electrostatic potentials in the range −0.1028 to 0.1158 a.u. is shown in Fig. 6 ▸. The hydrogen-bond donors and acceptors are showed as blue and red regions around the atoms corresponding to positive and negative potentials, respectively.

Figure 3

The Hirshfeld surface of the title compound mapped over d norm, d i and d e.

Figure 4

d mapped on the Hirshfeld surface for visualizing the inter­molecular inter­actions of the title compound.

Figure 5

Two-dimensional fingerprint plots with a d norm view of the H⋯H/H⋯H (53.9%), C⋯H/H⋯C (21.4%), O⋯H/H⋯O (21.4%) and N⋯H/ H⋯N (1.7%) contacts in the title compound.

Figure 6

The view of the three-dimensional Hirshfeld surface of the title compound plotted over the electrostatic potentials.

Database survey

A search in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD version 5.39, update of August 2018; Groom et al., 2016 ▸) for N-(2-meth­oxy­phen­yl)acetamide derivatives found several similar structures: 3-hy­droxy-7,8-di­meth­oxy­quinolin-2(1H)-one (BIZGAT; Song et al., 2008 ▸), 1-(2-meth­oxy­phen­yl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (XEBZIP; Sirajuddin et al., 2012 ▸) and cis-cyclo­hexane-1,2-carb­oxy­lic anhydride with o- and p-anisidine and m- and p-amino­benzoic acids (BECVAI; Smith et al., 2012 ▸). In the structure of BIZGAT, the mol­ecules are linked into chains by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds as in the title structure.

Synthesis and crystallization

This compound was formed as by-product in the synthesis of a benzamide derivative from the reaction between an oxazolone with o- meth­oxy­aniline (Samad & Hawaiz, 2019 ▸) in the presence of acetic acid as solvent. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 2 h, cooled, poured into water, filtered and dried. The remaining filtrate was left for seven days to obtain good-quality crystals.

Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2 ▸. The H atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model with C—H = 0.93 Å for aromatic H atoms, C—H = 0.96 Å for methyl H atoms, and with U iso(H) = 1.2–1.5 Ueq(C).

Table 2

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	C9H11NO2
M r	165.19
Crystal system, space group	Orthorhombic, P b c a
Temperature (K)	296
a, b, c (Å)	9.5115 (7), 18.7385 (19), 10.0216 (8)
V (Å3)	1786.2 (3)
Z	8
Radiation type	Mo Kα
μ (mm−1)	0.09
Crystal size (mm)	0.43 × 0.39 × 0.37
Data collection
Diffractometer	Stoe IPDS 2
Absorption correction	Integration (X-RED32; Stoe & Cie, 2002 ▸)
T min, T max	0.946, 0.978
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	14575, 1748, 1168
R int	0.090
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1)	0.617
Refinement
R[F 2 > 2σ(F 2)], wR(F 2), S	0.050, 0.148, 1.05
No. of reflections	1748
No. of parameters	111
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3)	0.13, −0.12

Computer programs: X-AREA and X-RED32 (Stoe & Cie, 2002 ▸), SHELXT2018 (Sheldrick, 2015a ▸), SHELXL2018 (Sheldrick, 2015b ▸), ORTEP-3 for Windows and WinGX (Farrugia, 2012 ▸), Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006 ▸) and PLATON (Spek, 2009 ▸).

Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989019006972/mw2145sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989019006972/mw2145Isup2.hkl

CCDC reference: 1899995

Additional supporting information: crystallographic information; 3D view; checkCIF report

C9H11NO2	Dx = 1.229 Mg m−3
Mr = 165.19	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, Pbca	Cell parameters from 26458 reflections
a = 9.5115 (7) Å	θ = 2.0–28.3°
b = 18.7385 (19) Å	µ = 0.09 mm−1
c = 10.0216 (8) Å	T = 296 K
V = 1786.2 (3) Å3	Prism, yellow
Z = 8	0.43 × 0.39 × 0.37 mm
F(000) = 704

Stoe IPDS 2 diffractometer	1748 independent reflections
Radiation source: sealed X-ray tube, 12 x 0.4 mm long-fine focus	1168 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Plane graphite monochromator	Rint = 0.090
Detector resolution: 6.67 pixels mm-1	θmax = 26.0°, θmin = 2.2°
rotation method scans	h = −11→10
Absorption correction: integration (X-RED32; Stoe & Cie, 2002)	k = −22→22
Tmin = 0.946, Tmax = 0.978	l = −12→12
14575 measured reflections

Refinement on F2	0 restraints
Least-squares matrix: full	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.050	H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.148	w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0718P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.05	(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
1748 reflections	Δρmax = 0.13 e Å−3
111 parameters	Δρmin = −0.12 e Å−3

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.

	x	y	z	Uiso*/Ueq
O1	0.64879 (13)	0.70439 (8)	0.55583 (15)	0.0835 (5)
O2	0.25840 (10)	0.58665 (10)	0.69551 (15)	0.0943 (6)
N1	0.49079 (12)	0.60150 (8)	0.65857 (16)	0.0654 (5)
H1	0.572027	0.603270	0.696112	0.078*
C3	0.48608 (15)	0.61300 (10)	0.5196 (2)	0.0622 (5)
C8	0.57097 (16)	0.66649 (11)	0.4655 (2)	0.0678 (5)
C2	0.37959 (16)	0.58800 (10)	0.7378 (2)	0.0702 (5)
C4	0.40284 (18)	0.57277 (11)	0.4362 (2)	0.0739 (6)
H4	0.346101	0.537006	0.471444	0.089*
C7	0.5712 (2)	0.67836 (14)	0.3299 (2)	0.0872 (7)
H7	0.627687	0.713842	0.293428	0.105*
C1	0.4131 (2)	0.57364 (14)	0.8795 (2)	0.0937 (8)
H1A	0.349072	0.599462	0.935617	0.141*
H1B	0.507637	0.588706	0.897970	0.141*
H1C	0.404506	0.523450	0.896863	0.141*
C5	0.4032 (2)	0.58533 (13)	0.3000 (3)	0.0917 (7)
H5	0.346474	0.558364	0.243764	0.110*
C6	0.4874 (2)	0.63744 (16)	0.2492 (3)	0.0996 (8)
H6	0.487972	0.645447	0.157579	0.119*
C9	0.7372 (2)	0.75987 (14)	0.5065 (3)	0.1092 (9)
H9A	0.802856	0.740327	0.443554	0.164*
H9B	0.787667	0.781102	0.579383	0.164*
H9C	0.680779	0.795524	0.463403	0.164*

	U11	U22	U33	U12	U13	U23
O1	0.0703 (8)	0.0959 (10)	0.0843 (11)	−0.0264 (7)	0.0062 (7)	−0.0008 (8)
O2	0.0401 (6)	0.1531 (15)	0.0896 (11)	−0.0056 (7)	0.0017 (6)	0.0087 (10)
N1	0.0397 (6)	0.0882 (11)	0.0682 (11)	−0.0052 (6)	−0.0012 (6)	0.0051 (8)
C3	0.0445 (7)	0.0737 (11)	0.0683 (13)	0.0031 (7)	0.0007 (7)	−0.0008 (9)
C8	0.0530 (8)	0.0804 (12)	0.0699 (14)	0.0004 (9)	0.0043 (8)	0.0014 (10)
C2	0.0459 (8)	0.0903 (14)	0.0744 (14)	−0.0029 (9)	0.0031 (8)	0.0061 (11)
C4	0.0579 (9)	0.0824 (13)	0.0813 (16)	−0.0002 (9)	−0.0059 (9)	−0.0065 (11)
C7	0.0767 (13)	0.1117 (18)	0.0732 (17)	0.0005 (12)	0.0110 (11)	0.0104 (13)
C1	0.0611 (11)	0.142 (2)	0.0778 (16)	−0.0005 (12)	0.0054 (10)	0.0168 (14)
C5	0.0773 (12)	0.1154 (19)	0.0823 (17)	0.0060 (13)	−0.0135 (12)	−0.0179 (14)
C6	0.0955 (16)	0.134 (2)	0.0697 (16)	0.0068 (15)	0.0001 (12)	0.0016 (16)
C9	0.0960 (15)	0.1067 (18)	0.125 (2)	−0.0392 (14)	0.0343 (15)	−0.0085 (17)

O1—C8	1.368 (2)	C7—C6	1.370 (3)
O1—C9	1.426 (2)	C7—H7	0.9300
O2—C2	1.2285 (19)	C1—H1A	0.9600
N1—C2	1.347 (2)	C1—H1B	0.9600
N1—C3	1.410 (2)	C1—H1C	0.9600
N1—H1	0.8600	C5—C6	1.362 (3)
C3—C4	1.376 (3)	C5—H5	0.9300
C3—C8	1.397 (3)	C6—H6	0.9300
C8—C7	1.377 (3)	C9—H9A	0.9600
C2—C1	1.480 (3)	C9—H9B	0.9600
C4—C5	1.385 (3)	C9—H9C	0.9600
C4—H4	0.9300
C8—O1—C9	117.93 (18)	C2—C1—H1A	109.5
C2—N1—C3	125.90 (14)	C2—C1—H1B	109.5
C2—N1—H1	117.1	H1A—C1—H1B	109.5
C3—N1—H1	117.1	C2—C1—H1C	109.5
C4—C3—C8	119.4 (2)	H1A—C1—H1C	109.5
C4—C3—N1	122.29 (17)	H1B—C1—H1C	109.5
C8—C3—N1	118.33 (16)	C6—C5—C4	119.5 (2)
O1—C8—C7	124.65 (18)	C6—C5—H5	120.2
O1—C8—C3	115.38 (18)	C4—C5—H5	120.2
C7—C8—C3	119.97 (19)	C5—C6—C7	121.5 (2)
O2—C2—N1	122.48 (19)	C5—C6—H6	119.3
O2—C2—C1	122.00 (16)	C7—C6—H6	119.3
N1—C2—C1	115.51 (15)	O1—C9—H9A	109.5
C3—C4—C5	120.2 (2)	O1—C9—H9B	109.5
C3—C4—H4	119.9	H9A—C9—H9B	109.5
C5—C4—H4	119.9	O1—C9—H9C	109.5
C6—C7—C8	119.5 (2)	H9A—C9—H9C	109.5
C6—C7—H7	120.3	H9B—C9—H9C	109.5
C8—C7—H7	120.3
C2—N1—C3—C4	−41.9 (3)	C3—N1—C2—C1	176.54 (19)
C2—N1—C3—C8	139.18 (19)	C8—C3—C4—C5	−0.1 (3)
C9—O1—C8—C7	−0.4 (3)	N1—C3—C4—C5	−179.04 (17)
C9—O1—C8—C3	−179.83 (17)	O1—C8—C7—C6	−179.23 (19)
C4—C3—C8—O1	179.21 (15)	C3—C8—C7—C6	0.2 (3)
N1—C3—C8—O1	−1.8 (2)	C3—C4—C5—C6	0.5 (3)
C4—C3—C8—C7	−0.2 (3)	C4—C5—C6—C7	−0.6 (3)
N1—C3—C8—C7	178.77 (17)	C8—C7—C6—C5	0.2 (4)
C3—N1—C2—O2	−2.5 (3)

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
N1—H1···O2i	0.86	2.10	2.9486 (17)	168
C1—H1B···O2i	0.96	2.56	3.378 (2)	143
C1—H9B···Cg1ii	0.96	2.61	3.387	139