Crystal structure of 2-bromo-benzoic acid at 120?K: a redetermination.

ABSTRACT: The crystal structure of the title compound, C7H5BrO2, was originally studied using photographic data at room temperature with Cu K? radiation [Ferguson & Sim (1962 ?). Acta Cryst. 15, 346-350]. The present study was undertaken at 120?K with a CCD diffractometer using Cu K? radiation, and resulted in improved geometrical parameters. In the mol-ecule, the carb-oxy group is inclined to the benzene ring by 18.7?(2)° and there is a close intra-molecular Br?O contact of 3.009?(3)?Å. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by pairs of O-H?O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with the classical R 2 (2)(8) ring motif for carb-oxy-lic acids. Neighbouring dimers are linked by weak C-H?O hydrogen bonds, forming tapes propagating in [1-10]. Adjacent tapes inter-act by slipped parallel ?-? inter-actions [inter-centroid distance = 3.991?(2), inter-planar distance = 3.509?(2)?Å, slippage = 1.900?Å] to form columns approximately along the b-axis direction. Neighbouring columns inter-act dispersively, forming a three-dimensional framework structure.

SUBMITTER: Kowalska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4257184 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature