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The crystal structure of 4-(chloromethyl)benzonitrile, C8H6ClN

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Published/Copyright: June 10, 2022

Abstract

C8H6ClN, orthorhombic, Pnma (no. 62), a = 20.3965(7) Å, b = 7.8164(3) Å, c = 4.5015(2) Å, V = 717.66(5) Å3, Z = 4, R gt (F) = 0.0265, wR ref (F2) = 0.0670, T = 100.0 K.

CCDC no.: 2166734

The molecular structure is shown in the figure. Table 1 contains crystallographic data and Table 2 contains the list of the atoms including atomic coordinates and displacement parameters.

Table 1:

Data collection and handling.

Crystal: Colourless block
Size: 0.20 × 0.12 × 0.10 mm
Wavelength: Synchrotron radiation (1.34139 Å)
μ: 2.64 mm−1
Diffractometer, scan mode: Bruker Photon III, Profile data from θ/2θ
θmax, completeness: 72.3°, 98%
N(hkl)measured, N(hkl)unique, Rint: 9401, 1133, 0.033
Criterion for Iobs, N(hkl)gt: Iobs > 2 σ(Iobs), 1088
N(param)refined: 56
Programs: Bruker [1], SHELX [2, 3, 6], Diamond [4], Olex2 [5]
Table 2:

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

Atom x y z Uiso*/Ueq
C1 0.66112(6) 0.750000 0.7612(2) 0.0181(2)
C2 0.63468(4) 0.59550(11) 0.66214(19) 0.01925(19)
H2 0.652284 0.490416 0.731977 0.023*
C3 0.58281(4) 0.59428(11) 0.46221(19) 0.01922(19)
H3 0.565069 0.489089 0.393539 0.023*
C4 0.55707(6) 0.750000 0.3634(3) 0.0175(2)
C5 0.71880(6) 0.750000 0.9670(3) 0.0225(3)
H5 0.721030 0.852230 1.093672 0.027*
C6 0.50238(6) 0.750000 0.1599(3) 0.0204(2)
Cl1 0.79446(2) 0.750000 0.75268(6) 0.02108(12)
N1 0.45819(6) 0.750000 0.0025(3) 0.0265(3)

Source of material

4-(Chloromethyl)benzonitrile was obtained commercially from the Sigma–Aldrich company. Then the white powder (0.50 g) was solved in a 20.0 ml ethanol solution. Needle crystals were obtained at the bottom of the vessel after one week at ambient conditions.

Experimental details

H atoms were initially located in difference maps and subsequently treated as riding, with C–H distances of 0.98 Å (methylene C) and 0.95 Å (aromatic C) and thermal factors being set 1.2 times of the parent atoms.

Comment

In some organic synthesis processes, a series of medium or fine chemicals with high economic value can be derived from an organic intermediate, 4-(chloromethyl)benzonitrile. For instance, it is often used in the production of distyrene fluorescent brightener, dyes, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, detergents, dye aids, plasticizers, synthetic resins and so on [7], [8], [9]. Although some analogs of 4-(chloromethyl)benzonitrile have been synthesised and reported in recent years [10], [11], [12] the crystallographic research of the title compound has not been reported so far.

4-(Chloromethyl)benzonitrile crystallized in the orthorhombic Pnma space group with only half a molecule in its asymmetric unit (located on a mirror plane; see the figure). In the benzene ring of the molecular structure, these three pairs of symmetric intracyclic bond lengths and angles are ranging from 1.389(1) to 1.398(2) Å and 119.08(8)° to 121.05(11)°, respectively, indicating a nearly regular hexagon. The nitrile group is almost located on the benzene plane with two respective deviations of only 0.020(1) Å and 0.061(1) for C6 and N1 atoms. For the chloromethyl group, C5 atom is only away from the benzene plane by 0.057(1) Å. Another noteworthy bond length is the C5–Cl1 (1.8199(13) Å) which is slightly longer than its analogs [13].

The interactions between separated molecules were considered by geometrical calculations using the program Platon within the sum of the atomic van der Waals radii [14]. Although there are no classical hydrogen bonds, there is each one weak C3–H3⋯N1 (1 − x, y − 1/2, −z, dC3⋯N1 = 3.510(2) Å) and one C–H⋯π interaction, respectively. The C–H⋯π interaction originates from the methylene group and directs to neighbouring benzene ring with the C5⋯Cg distance of 3.494(2) Å which is similar to its analog, benzyl chloride [13]. There is also another intermolecular ππ stacking interaction between the small π conjugate system of nitrile and the adjacent benzene rings at (x, y, z − 1). The sp hybridized C6 atom is distanced from the centroid of the hexa-membered ring only 3.458(2) Å away. By a combination of these two types of interactions, the molecules are linked into a three-dimensional network.


Corresponding author: Ji Li, School of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Guiyang University, Guiyang 550005, P. R. China, E-mail:

Funding source: Discipline and Master’s Site Construction Project of Guiyang University by Guiyang City Financial Support Guiyang University

Award Identifier / Grant number: SH-2020

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was financially supported by Discipline and Master’s Site Construction Project of Guiyang University by Guiyang City Financial Support Guiyang University (SH-2020).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-04-18
Accepted: 2022-05-30
Published Online: 2022-06-10
Published in Print: 2022-08-26

© 2022 Mingzhi Miao and Ji Li, published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

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