Nine N-aryl-2-chloronicotinamides: supramolecular structures in one, two and three dimensions

Abstract

Structures are reported here for eight further substituted N-aryl-2-chloronicotinamides, 2-ClC5H3NCONHC6H4 X-4′. When X = H, compound (I) (C12H9ClN2O), the molecules are linked into sheets by N—H...N, C—H...π(pyridyl) and C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds. For X = CH3, compound (II) (C13H11ClN2O, triclinic P\bar 1 with Z′ = 2), the molecules are linked into sheets by N—H...O, C—H...O and C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds. Compound (III), where X = F, crystallizes as a monohydrate (C12H8ClFN2O·H2O) and sheets are formed by N—H...O, O—H...O and O—H...N hydrogen bonds and aromatic π...π stacking interactions. Crystals of compound (IV), where X = Cl (C12H8Cl2N2O, monoclinic P21 with Z′ = 4) exhibit inversion twinning: the molecules are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds into four independent chains, linked in pairs by C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds. When X = Br, compound (V) (C12H8BrClN2O), the molecules are linked into sheets by N—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds, while in compound (VI), where X = I (C12H8ClIN2O), the molecules are linked into a three-dimensional framework by N—H...O and C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds and an iodo...N(pyridyl) interaction. For X = CH3O, compound (VII) (C13H11ClN2O2), the molecules are linked into chains by a single N—H...O hydrogen bond. Compound (VIII) (C13H8ClN3O, triclinic P\bar 1 with Z′ = 2), where X = CN, forms a complex three-dimensional framework by N—H...N, C—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonds and two independent aromatic π...π stacking interactions.