Methyl 2-(3-chloro-2-methyl­anilino)pyridine-3-carboxyl­ate

Yang, X.; Long, S.

doi:10.1107/S2414314621005393

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Methyl 2-(3-chloro-2-methylanilino)pyridine-3-carboxylate

Xing Yang ^a and Sihui Long ^a ^*

^aSchool of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430205, People's Republic of China
^*Correspondence e-mail: longsihui@yahoo.com

Edited by W. T. A. Harrison, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Received 13 May 2021; accepted 22 May 2021; online 25 May 2021)

The title compound, C₁₄H₁₃ClN₂O₂, was obtained during an attempt to grow single crystals of 4-acetylphenyl 2-[(3-chloro-2-methylphenyl)amino]nicotinate in methanol, and was probably generated by alcoholysis. Two intramolecular hydrogen bonds are formed, one between the N—H group and the carbonyl O atom of the ester and the other between the ortho sp²CH group of the benzene ring and the pyridine N atom. Aromatic π–π stacking [shortest centroid–centroid separation = 3.598 (2) Å] is observed in the extended structure.

Keywords: crystal structure; intramolecular hydrogen bonding; π–π stacking; alcoholysis.

CCDC reference: 2085247

Structure description

The title compound (I) was first synthesized when preparing esters of anthranilic acid as possible analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents (Velingkar et al., 2011 ). In our study, it was obtained during an effort to obtain single crystals of a codrug, 4-acetylphenyl 2-[(3-chloro-2-methylphenyl)amino]nicotinate, by slow evaporation in methanol. Colorless needles were harvested and structure determination by single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed it to be the title compound: alcoholysis by methanol obviously led to the generation of I. The asymmetric unit of I consists of one molecule with a near planar conformation as evidenced by the dihedral angle of 5.31 (1)° between the C1–C6 benzene and N2/C8–C12 pyridine rings (Fig. 1). Two intramolecular hydrogen bonds are observed (Table 1), one between the N—H group and the carbonyl oxygen atom of the ester group with a donor–acceptor distance of 2.687 (3) Å, and the other between the ortho sp²C—H grouping of the aniline ring and the pyridine N atom [2.895 (4) Å]: both of these close S(6) rings. The cohesion of the crystal structure is ensured by aromatic π–π stacking between the benzene and pyridine rings [shortest centroid–centroid separation = 3.598 (2) Å] and hydrophobic interactions (Fig. 2).

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A	D—H	H⋯A	D⋯A	D—H⋯A
N1—H1⋯O1	0.86	1.96	2.687 (3)	142
C6—H6⋯N2	0.93	2.28	2.895 (4)	123

Figure 1
The molecular structure of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level.

Figure 2
(a) Packing of the molecules in the title compound viewed along [100] with the intramolecular hydrogen bonds indicated by green dashed lines; (b) packing of the molecules in the title compound viewed along [001].

Synthesis and crystallization

4-Acetylphenyl 2-[(3-chloro-2-methylphenyl)amino]nicotinate, synthesized by a condensation reaction between clonixin and paracetamol (Gupta & Moorthy, 2007 ), was dissolved in HPLC grade methanol to make a saturated solution. The solution underwent slow evaporation at room temperatures and colorless needle-shaped crystals of the title compound (Fig. 3) were harvested after about a week. Alcoholysis by methanol likely resulted in the formation of the title compound (Fig. 4).

Figure 3
A representative crystal of I.

Figure 4
Reaction scheme.

Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	C₁₄H₁₃ClN₂O₂
M_r	276.71
Crystal system, space group	Orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁
Temperature (K)	296
a, b, c (Å)	6.919 (2), 9.653 (3), 19.319 (6)
V (Å³)	1290.4 (6)
Z	4
Radiation type	Mo Kα
μ (mm⁻¹)	0.30
Crystal size (mm)	0.2 × 0.2 × 0.1

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker APEXII CCD
Absorption correction	Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2013 )
T_min, T_max	0.544, 0.746
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	7991, 4200, 2872
R_int	0.031
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.746

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.048, 0.144, 1.01
No. of reflections	4200
No. of parameters	174
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.23, −0.39
Absolute structure	Flack x determined using 963 quotients [(I⁺)−(I⁻)]/[(I⁺)+(I⁻)] (Parsons et al., 2013 )
Absolute structure parameter	−0.02 (4)
Computer programs: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2013), SHELXS (Sheldrick, 2015b ), SHELXL (Sheldrick, 2015a ) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009 ).

Structural data

CCDC reference: 2085247

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621005393/hb4383sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621005393/hb4383Isup2.hkl

Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314621005393/hb4383Isup3.cml

checkCIF report

Computing details top

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2013); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2013); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2013); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS (Sheldrick, 2015b); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL (Sheldrick, 2015a); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009).

Methyl 2-(3-chloro-2-methylanilino)pyridine-3-carboxylate top

Crystal data top

C₁₄H₁₃ClN₂O₂	D_x = 1.424 Mg m⁻³
M_r = 276.71	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, P2₁2₁2₁	Cell parameters from 2539 reflections
a = 6.919 (2) Å	θ = 2.4–31.0°
b = 9.653 (3) Å	µ = 0.30 mm⁻¹
c = 19.319 (6) Å	T = 296 K
V = 1290.4 (6) Å³	Block, yellow
Z = 4	0.2 × 0.2 × 0.1 mm
F(000) = 576

Data collection top

Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer	2872 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
φ and ω scans	R_int = 0.031
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2013)	θ_max = 32.0°, θ_min = 2.1°
T_min = 0.544, T_max = 0.746	h = −9→10
7991 measured reflections	k = −11→13
4200 independent reflections	l = −14→28

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
Least-squares matrix: full	H-atom parameters constrained
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.048	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0816P)²] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
wR(F²) = 0.144	(Δ/σ)_max < 0.001
S = 1.01	Δρ_max = 0.23 e Å⁻³
4200 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.38 e Å⁻³
174 parameters	Absolute structure: Flack x determined using 963 quotients [(I⁺)-(I^-)]/[(I⁺)+(I^-)] (Parsons et al., 2013)
0 restraints	Absolute structure parameter: −0.02 (4)
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods

Special details top

Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. H atoms were located in difference Fourier maps and subsequently placed in idealized positions with C—H = 0.95–0.96 and N—H = 0.86 Å: U_iso(H) values were constrained to 1.2U_eq(C,N) or 1.5U_eq(methyl C).

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

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
Cl1	0.36941 (14)	0.30941 (9)	0.76342 (4)	0.0564 (2)
O1	0.3954 (4)	−0.07829 (19)	0.49264 (10)	0.0550 (6)
O2	0.4138 (4)	−0.16139 (19)	0.38542 (11)	0.0588 (7)
N1	0.3847 (4)	0.19868 (19)	0.50569 (10)	0.0375 (4)
H1	0.3865	0.1159	0.5221	0.045*
N2	0.3731 (4)	0.3270 (2)	0.40324 (11)	0.0396 (5)
C1	0.3845 (4)	0.3013 (2)	0.55605 (12)	0.0325 (4)
C2	0.3765 (4)	0.2557 (2)	0.62562 (12)	0.0330 (5)
C3	0.3778 (4)	0.3568 (3)	0.67663 (13)	0.0377 (5)
C4	0.3860 (5)	0.4979 (3)	0.66203 (15)	0.0442 (6)
H4	0.3869	0.5631	0.6975	0.053*
C5	0.3927 (5)	0.5379 (3)	0.59459 (16)	0.0468 (7)
H5	0.3978	0.6319	0.5842	0.056*
C6	0.3921 (5)	0.4434 (2)	0.54119 (14)	0.0416 (6)
H6	0.3968	0.4737	0.4955	0.050*
C7	0.3687 (6)	0.1035 (3)	0.64212 (15)	0.0439 (6)
H7A	0.2541	0.0639	0.6222	0.066*
H7B	0.3664	0.0910	0.6914	0.066*
H7C	0.4806	0.0584	0.6232	0.066*
C8	0.3826 (4)	0.2042 (2)	0.43491 (12)	0.0321 (4)
C9	0.3880 (4)	0.0779 (2)	0.39658 (12)	0.0338 (5)
C10	0.3839 (5)	0.0864 (3)	0.32512 (13)	0.0416 (6)
H10	0.3879	0.0061	0.2986	0.050*
C11	0.3739 (5)	0.2146 (3)	0.29305 (13)	0.0445 (6)
H11	0.3708	0.2224	0.2451	0.053*
C12	0.3689 (5)	0.3283 (3)	0.33432 (14)	0.0439 (6)
H12	0.3619	0.4142	0.3127	0.053*
C13	0.3982 (5)	−0.0571 (3)	0.43094 (14)	0.0403 (6)
C14	0.4245 (8)	−0.2972 (3)	0.4152 (2)	0.0734 (13)
H14A	0.4497	−0.3638	0.3794	0.110*
H14B	0.3041	−0.3189	0.4374	0.110*
H14C	0.5269	−0.2999	0.4487	0.110*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Cl1	0.0711 (5)	0.0639 (5)	0.0342 (3)	0.0059 (5)	0.0011 (3)	−0.0033 (3)
O1	0.0918 (18)	0.0370 (9)	0.0362 (10)	−0.0004 (12)	−0.0012 (12)	0.0045 (7)
O2	0.103 (2)	0.0316 (9)	0.0414 (11)	0.0015 (11)	−0.0110 (12)	−0.0021 (8)
N1	0.0511 (12)	0.0297 (8)	0.0318 (9)	−0.0002 (12)	−0.0003 (10)	0.0035 (8)
N2	0.0447 (11)	0.0365 (10)	0.0377 (11)	0.0001 (11)	−0.0010 (11)	0.0080 (8)
C1	0.0316 (10)	0.0301 (10)	0.0358 (11)	−0.0001 (11)	−0.0004 (11)	0.0036 (9)
C2	0.0297 (11)	0.0329 (10)	0.0362 (12)	0.0010 (10)	−0.0007 (11)	0.0018 (8)
C3	0.0326 (12)	0.0451 (13)	0.0353 (12)	0.0040 (12)	0.0002 (12)	−0.0033 (10)
C4	0.0447 (15)	0.0384 (12)	0.0494 (15)	0.0013 (13)	−0.0004 (14)	−0.0085 (10)
C5	0.0550 (17)	0.0327 (11)	0.0527 (17)	−0.0012 (13)	0.0016 (16)	−0.0038 (11)
C6	0.0523 (15)	0.0307 (10)	0.0417 (13)	0.0001 (12)	−0.0005 (14)	0.0052 (9)
C7	0.0562 (16)	0.0372 (11)	0.0383 (13)	0.0008 (14)	−0.0001 (15)	0.0068 (10)
C8	0.0280 (10)	0.0353 (10)	0.0329 (10)	0.0003 (12)	0.0011 (10)	0.0026 (9)
C9	0.0319 (11)	0.0370 (10)	0.0326 (11)	−0.0015 (11)	−0.0012 (11)	0.0009 (9)
C10	0.0428 (14)	0.0505 (14)	0.0314 (12)	0.0037 (14)	−0.0007 (12)	−0.0014 (11)
C11	0.0481 (14)	0.0561 (15)	0.0292 (12)	0.0037 (16)	−0.0002 (12)	0.0091 (11)
C12	0.0454 (14)	0.0450 (14)	0.0415 (14)	0.0030 (15)	−0.0010 (13)	0.0122 (10)
C13	0.0482 (16)	0.0359 (11)	0.0368 (13)	−0.0026 (12)	−0.0025 (12)	−0.0012 (10)
C14	0.129 (4)	0.0296 (13)	0.061 (2)	0.0016 (18)	−0.019 (2)	0.0000 (14)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Cl1—C3	1.739 (3)	C5—C6	1.377 (4)
O1—C13	1.210 (3)	C6—H6	0.9300
O2—C13	1.341 (3)	C7—H7A	0.9600
O2—C14	1.434 (3)	C7—H7B	0.9600
N1—H1	0.8600	C7—H7C	0.9600
N1—C1	1.388 (3)	C8—C9	1.428 (3)
N1—C8	1.369 (3)	C9—C10	1.383 (3)
N2—C8	1.335 (3)	C9—C13	1.464 (3)
N2—C12	1.332 (3)	C10—H10	0.9300
C1—C2	1.415 (3)	C10—C11	1.386 (4)
C1—C6	1.403 (3)	C11—H11	0.9300
C2—C3	1.387 (3)	C11—C12	1.357 (4)
C2—C7	1.504 (3)	C12—H12	0.9300
C3—C4	1.391 (4)	C14—H14A	0.9600
C4—H4	0.9300	C14—H14B	0.9600
C4—C5	1.360 (4)	C14—H14C	0.9600
C5—H5	0.9300

C13—O2—C14	115.3 (2)	H7A—C7—H7C	109.5
C1—N1—H1	113.9	H7B—C7—H7C	109.5
C8—N1—H1	113.9	N1—C8—C9	119.0 (2)
C8—N1—C1	132.2 (2)	N2—C8—N1	119.5 (2)
C12—N2—C8	117.9 (2)	N2—C8—C9	121.5 (2)
N1—C1—C2	116.3 (2)	C8—C9—C13	121.8 (2)
N1—C1—C6	123.7 (2)	C10—C9—C8	117.8 (2)
C6—C1—C2	120.0 (2)	C10—C9—C13	120.4 (2)
C1—C2—C7	120.4 (2)	C9—C10—H10	120.0
C3—C2—C1	117.1 (2)	C9—C10—C11	120.0 (2)
C3—C2—C7	122.5 (2)	C11—C10—H10	120.0
C2—C3—Cl1	119.9 (2)	C10—C11—H11	121.3
C2—C3—C4	123.0 (2)	C12—C11—C10	117.4 (2)
C4—C3—Cl1	117.0 (2)	C12—C11—H11	121.3
C3—C4—H4	120.9	N2—C12—C11	125.4 (2)
C5—C4—C3	118.3 (2)	N2—C12—H12	117.3
C5—C4—H4	120.9	C11—C12—H12	117.3
C4—C5—H5	119.0	O1—C13—O2	121.4 (2)
C4—C5—C6	122.0 (2)	O1—C13—C9	126.6 (2)
C6—C5—H5	119.0	O2—C13—C9	112.0 (2)
C1—C6—H6	120.2	O2—C14—H14A	109.5
C5—C6—C1	119.6 (3)	O2—C14—H14B	109.5
C5—C6—H6	120.2	O2—C14—H14C	109.5
C2—C7—H7A	109.5	H14A—C14—H14B	109.5
C2—C7—H7B	109.5	H14A—C14—H14C	109.5
C2—C7—H7C	109.5	H14B—C14—H14C	109.5
H7A—C7—H7B	109.5

Cl1—C3—C4—C5	180.0 (3)	C7—C2—C3—Cl1	−0.2 (4)
N1—C1—C2—C3	179.5 (3)	C7—C2—C3—C4	179.6 (3)
N1—C1—C2—C7	0.0 (4)	C8—N1—C1—C2	176.7 (3)
N1—C1—C6—C5	−179.5 (3)	C8—N1—C1—C6	−3.5 (5)
N1—C8—C9—C10	179.4 (3)	C8—N2—C12—C11	−0.2 (5)
N1—C8—C9—C13	−0.8 (4)	C8—C9—C10—C11	−0.3 (4)
N2—C8—C9—C10	0.3 (4)	C8—C9—C13—O1	3.2 (5)
N2—C8—C9—C13	−179.9 (3)	C8—C9—C13—O2	−176.2 (3)
C1—N1—C8—N2	−2.3 (5)	C9—C10—C11—C12	0.1 (5)
C1—N1—C8—C9	178.6 (3)	C10—C9—C13—O1	−177.0 (3)
C1—C2—C3—Cl1	−179.7 (2)	C10—C9—C13—O2	3.6 (4)
C1—C2—C3—C4	0.2 (4)	C10—C11—C12—N2	0.1 (5)
C2—C1—C6—C5	0.3 (4)	C12—N2—C8—N1	−179.2 (3)
C2—C3—C4—C5	0.1 (5)	C12—N2—C8—C9	0.0 (4)
C3—C4—C5—C6	−0.2 (5)	C13—C9—C10—C11	179.9 (3)
C4—C5—C6—C1	0.0 (5)	C14—O2—C13—O1	0.6 (5)
C6—C1—C2—C3	−0.3 (4)	C14—O2—C13—C9	−180.0 (3)
C6—C1—C2—C7	−179.8 (3)

Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top

D—H···A	D—H	H···A	D···A	D—H···A
N1—H1···O1	0.86	1.96	2.687 (3)	142
C6—H6···N2	0.93	2.28	2.895 (4)	123

Funding information

The authors thank the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province for financial support (2014CFB787).

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