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Hirshfeld surface analysis and crystal structure of N-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)acetamide
Mavise Yaman1, Necmi Dege1, Mzgin M Ayoob2
1Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, 55139, Samsun, Turkey.
Abstract:
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.
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