Crystal structure of 2-pentyloxybenzamide

Abstract

In the title molecule, C12H17NO2, the amide NH2group is oriented toward the pentyloxy substituent and an intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond is formed with the pentyloxy O atom. The benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 2.93 (2) and 5.60 (2)° with the amide group and the pentyloxy group mean planes, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are linked by pairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with their molecular planes parallel, but at an offset of 0.45 (1) Å to each other. These dimers are ordered into two types of symmetry-related columns extended along theaaxis, with the mean plane of one set of dimers in a column approximately parallel to (121) and the other in a column approximately parallel to (1-21). The two planes form a dihedral angle of 85.31 (2)°, and are linkedviaC—H...O hydrogen bonds and C—H...π interactions, forming a three-dimensional framework structure.