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2,2,2-Tri­fluoro­ethyl 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxyl­ate

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aEscola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande-RS, Brazil, and bDepartamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, 88035-972 Florianópolis-SC, Brazil
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]

Edited by W. T. A. Harrison, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (Received 6 January 2026; accepted 8 January 2026; online 13 January 2026)

AOB would like to dedicate this publication to his academic mentor on the occasion of his 70th birthday and to his contributions to solid-state chemistry, honoring the scientific tradition and the academic genealogical tree of Professor Dr Dr h. c. Joachim Strähle (University of Tübingen/Germany) and Professor Dr Hartmut Bärnighausen (University of Karlsruhe, now The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology/Germany).

The title compound, C7H7F3N2O2, which exhibits disorder over the terminal tri­fluoro­methyl and methyl entities, is close to planar with the r.m.s. deviation for the non-H/-F atoms being 0.038 Å. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯N inter­actions into a [010] chain with a C11(3) motif. The Hirshfeld surface fingerprint plot analysis indicates that the major contributions for the crystal packing are from H⋯F/F⋯H (31.2%), H⋯H (15.9%), H⋯O/O⋯H (15.3%) and H⋯N/N⋯H (10.1%) contacts.

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[Scheme 3D1]
Chemical scheme
[Scheme 1]

Structure description

As part of our inter­est in pyrazole derivatives with potential application in medicinal chemistry (Gonçalves et al., 2016View full citation), we now report the crystal structure of the title compound, C7H7F3N2O2 (I). For recent reports regarding pyrazole derivatives, see: Ameziane El Hassani et al. (2023View full citation), Ramajayam (2025View full citation) and Ríos & Portilla (2022View full citation).

There is one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit of (I), with all atoms being located in general positions (Fig. 1[link]). The F atoms of the tri­fluoro­methyl entity are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.718 (11):0.282 (11) ratio and the H atoms of the C7 methyl group are statistically disordered. The mol­ecule is close to planar, with the maximum deviations from the mean plane through the atoms being 0.0746 (17) Å for O1 [r.m.s.d. = 0.038 Å], excluding the hydrogen and the fluorine atoms. The side chain exhibits an extended conformation [C1A—C2—O1—C3 = −173.26 (19); C2—O1—C3—C4 = 178.48 (17)°].

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The mol­ecular structure of (I) showing displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 40% probability level.

In the crystal, the mol­ecules are connected by N2—H2⋯N1 hydrogen bonds into a ribbon-like chain, which propagates along the b-axis direction (Table 1[link], Fig. 2[link]). The crystal structure thus exhibits the supra­molecular arrangement of a catemer with a C11(3) motif (Alkorta et al., 2005View full citation; Foces-Foces et al., 2000View full citation): the ‘up' and ‘down' catemers are related by centers of inversion and no strong or relevant inter­actions are observed between the supra­molecular chains (Fig. 3[link]). There are two short C—F⋯H contacts (Table 1[link]), but their structure-directing significance is not clear due to the disordered F atoms. The Hirshfeld surface analysis analysis of (I) was performed with Crystal Explorer 21 (Spackman et al., 2021View full citation). The surface mapped over dnorm shows the regions with the strongest contacts in red in the vicinities of H2 and N1 (Fig. 4[link]), being in agreement with previous figures (Figs. 2[link] and 3[link]). The fingerprint plots (Fig. 5[link]) indicate that the H⋯F/F⋯H (31.2%), H⋯H (15.9%), H⋯O/O⋯H (15.3%) and H ⋯N/N⋯H (10.1%) contacts are the most relevant for the crystal cohesion of (I).

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
N2—H2⋯N1i 0.86 2.13 2.922 (2) 153
C7—H7A⋯F2Aii 0.96 2.54 3.477 (7) 165
C7—H7D⋯F2Biii 0.96 2.45 3.394 (11) 168
Symmetry codes: (i) Mathematical equation; (ii) Mathematical equation; (iii) Mathematical equation.
[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Fragment of the extended structure of (I) showing N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Symmetry code: (i) −x + Mathematical equation, y − Mathematical equation, −z + Mathematical equation; minor disorder components omitted.
[Figure 3]
Figure 3
The packing of (I) as viewed along the b-axis direction.
[Figure 4]
Figure 4
The Hirshfeld surface of (I) mapped over dnorm in the range −0.49 to 1.62 a. u.
[Figure 5]
Figure 5
The two-dimensional fingerprint plots for (I) for different contact types.

A survey with the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, accessed via WebCSD on January 2, 2026; Groom et al., 2016View full citation) revealed a similar structure, namely ethyl-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxyl­ate, C7H10N2O2 (CSD refcode: FAQSAR02; Kusakiewicz-Dawid et al., 2019View full citation). The mol­ecules of FAQSAR02 are linked by C—H⋯O and bifurcated N—H⋯(N,O) inter­actions into a two-dimensional tape-like supra­molecular arrangement. Pyrazole derivatives show distinctive conformations in the solid state: it was pointed out by these authors that methyl and amino pyrazoles lead to structures with the amide or ester substituents and the N—H bond on the opposite side of the five-membered ring (compare C4 and N2 in this work, Fig. 1[link]). This arrangement was observed in other structures, e.g. the derivatives with refcodes: HOKNON and HOKNUT. In contrast, nitro pyrazoles lead to the conformer with the N—H bond on the same side as the amide or carboxyl­ate substituents, as observed in the structures with refcodes: HOKNED and HOKPIJ (Kusakiewicz-Dawid et al., 2019View full citation).

Synthesis and crystallization

The synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of (I) are already published in the literature (Gonçalves et al., 2016View full citation). For the single-crystal X-ray diffractometry reported here, colorless blocks of (I) were obtained from a di­chloro­methane solution by slow evaporation of the solvent at room temperature.

Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2[link]. The F atoms of the –CF3 group are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.718 (11) (A suffix) to 0.282 (11) (B suffix) ratio. The H atoms of the C7 methyl group are statistically disordered over two sets of sites.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula C7H7F3N2O2
Mr 208.15
Crystal system, space group Monoclinic, C2/c
Temperature (K) 200
a, b, c (Å) 26.914 (6), 5.0133 (10), 18.693 (4)
β (°) 133.214 (2)
V3) 1838.2 (7)
Z 8
Radiation type Mo Kα
μ (mm−1) 0.15
Crystal size (mm) 0.40 × 0.26 × 0.12
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Bruker APEXII CCD
Absorption correction Multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015View full citation)
Tmin, Tmax 0.603, 0.746
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 10780, 2644, 1730
Rint 0.033
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.702
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.057, 0.155, 1.04
No. of reflections 2644
No. of parameters 133
H-atom treatment H-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 0.42, −0.60
Computer programs: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2014View full citation), SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015aView full citation), SHELXL2019/2 (Sheldrick, 2015bView full citation), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006View full citation), Crystal Explorer 21 (Spackman et al., 2021View full citation) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010View full citation).

Structural data


Computing details top

2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate top
Crystal data top
C7H7F3N2O2F(000) = 848
Mr = 208.15Dx = 1.504 Mg m3
Monoclinic, C2/cMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 26.914 (6) ÅCell parameters from 3527 reflections
b = 5.0133 (10) Åθ = 3.0–29.6°
c = 18.693 (4) ŵ = 0.15 mm1
β = 133.214 (2)°T = 200 K
V = 1838.2 (7) Å3Prismatic, colourless
Z = 80.40 × 0.26 × 0.12 mm
Data collection top
Bruker APEXII CCD
diffractometer
2644 independent reflections
Radiation source: Fine-focus sealed tube1730 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Horizontally mounted graphite crystal monochromatorRint = 0.033
φ and ω scansθmax = 29.9°, θmin = 2.1°
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS; Krause et al., 2015)
h = 3737
Tmin = 0.603, Tmax = 0.746k = 47
10780 measured reflectionsl = 2626
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: fullSecondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F2) = 0.155H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.04 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.050P)2 + 3.1537P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
2644 reflections(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
133 parametersΔρmax = 0.42 e Å3
0 restraintsΔρmin = 0.60 e Å3
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.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
C20.32947 (11)1.0880 (5)0.64954 (16)0.0445 (5)
H2A0.3091211.2619030.6373020.053*
H2B0.3268341.0463310.5963430.053*
C30.22953 (10)0.8424 (4)0.57173 (13)0.0334 (4)
C40.19776 (9)0.6313 (4)0.58381 (13)0.0298 (4)
C50.13094 (9)0.5346 (4)0.51236 (13)0.0351 (5)
H50.0972390.5908580.4475690.042*
C60.12582 (9)0.3380 (4)0.55871 (13)0.0335 (4)
C70.06852 (11)0.1606 (5)0.52476 (17)0.0483 (6)
H7A0.0854420.0261660.5734080.072*0.5
H7B0.0489650.0769900.4640840.072*0.5
H7C0.0343340.2646840.5149540.072*0.5
H7D0.0270520.2190610.4615560.072*0.5
H7E0.0635290.1682370.5708800.072*0.5
H7F0.0781600.0194570.5200100.072*0.5
C1A0.40082 (14)1.0874 (6)0.7439 (2)0.0594 (7)*0.718 (11)
F1A0.4328 (3)0.8643 (15)0.7764 (6)0.113 (2)0.718 (11)
F2A0.4018 (3)1.1767 (14)0.8164 (3)0.0867 (16)0.718 (11)
F3A0.4367 (5)1.253 (3)0.7457 (9)0.0838 (11)0.718 (11)
C1B0.40082 (14)1.0874 (6)0.7439 (2)0.0594 (7)*0.282 (11)
F1B0.4233 (9)0.839 (5)0.7329 (14)0.113 (2)0.282 (11)
F2B0.4209 (7)1.060 (3)0.8212 (8)0.0867 (16)0.282 (11)
F3B0.4429 (15)1.288 (8)0.741 (2)0.0838 (11)0.282 (11)
N10.23275 (8)0.5042 (4)0.66983 (10)0.0303 (4)
N20.18769 (7)0.3269 (3)0.65185 (10)0.0307 (4)
H20.1972600.2174500.6952470.037*
O10.29450 (7)0.8889 (3)0.65623 (10)0.0399 (4)
O20.20159 (8)0.9569 (3)0.49600 (11)0.0478 (4)
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
C20.0536 (12)0.0447 (14)0.0480 (12)0.0159 (11)0.0397 (11)0.0078 (10)
C30.0428 (10)0.0333 (12)0.0332 (9)0.0012 (9)0.0295 (8)0.0024 (8)
C40.0354 (9)0.0313 (11)0.0277 (8)0.0008 (8)0.0236 (7)0.0017 (7)
C50.0330 (9)0.0402 (13)0.0251 (8)0.0027 (9)0.0172 (7)0.0028 (8)
C60.0306 (9)0.0360 (12)0.0298 (8)0.0005 (8)0.0191 (8)0.0012 (8)
C70.0359 (10)0.0500 (15)0.0482 (12)0.0071 (10)0.0246 (10)0.0014 (11)
F1A0.054 (2)0.089 (2)0.130 (5)0.0057 (18)0.038 (3)0.018 (4)
F2A0.088 (3)0.121 (4)0.0569 (11)0.051 (3)0.0515 (16)0.045 (2)
F3A0.070 (2)0.095 (4)0.0957 (18)0.0487 (18)0.0607 (14)0.012 (2)
F1B0.054 (2)0.089 (2)0.130 (5)0.0057 (18)0.038 (3)0.018 (4)
F2B0.088 (3)0.121 (4)0.0569 (11)0.051 (3)0.0515 (16)0.045 (2)
F3B0.070 (2)0.095 (4)0.0957 (18)0.0487 (18)0.0607 (14)0.012 (2)
N10.0332 (7)0.0330 (9)0.0267 (7)0.0038 (7)0.0213 (6)0.0016 (6)
N20.0326 (7)0.0330 (10)0.0263 (7)0.0019 (7)0.0200 (6)0.0028 (6)
O10.0445 (8)0.0450 (10)0.0343 (7)0.0127 (7)0.0286 (6)0.0036 (6)
O20.0564 (9)0.0490 (11)0.0391 (8)0.0020 (8)0.0331 (7)0.0102 (7)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
C2—O11.435 (2)C7—H7A0.9600
C2—C1A1.470 (4)C7—H7B0.9600
C2—C1B1.470 (4)C7—H7C0.9600
C2—H2A0.9700C7—H7D0.9600
C2—H2B0.9700C7—H7E0.9600
C3—O21.201 (2)C7—H7F0.9600
C3—O11.351 (2)C1A—F3A1.256 (7)
C3—C41.472 (3)C1A—F1A1.283 (8)
C4—N11.343 (2)C1A—F2A1.412 (6)
C4—C51.401 (3)C1B—F2B1.155 (11)
C5—C61.380 (3)C1B—F1B1.46 (3)
C5—H50.9300C1B—F3B1.539 (18)
C6—N21.355 (2)N1—N21.347 (2)
C6—C71.494 (3)N2—H20.8600
O1—C2—C1A106.9 (2)C6—C7—H7E109.5
O1—C2—C1B106.9 (2)H7A—C7—H7E56.3
O1—C2—H2A110.3H7B—C7—H7E141.1
C1A—C2—H2A110.3H7C—C7—H7E56.3
O1—C2—H2B110.3H7D—C7—H7E109.5
C1A—C2—H2B110.3C6—C7—H7F109.5
H2A—C2—H2B108.6H7A—C7—H7F56.3
O2—C3—O1124.09 (19)H7B—C7—H7F56.3
O2—C3—C4124.35 (18)H7C—C7—H7F141.1
O1—C3—C4111.56 (16)H7D—C7—H7F109.5
N1—C4—C5111.54 (17)H7E—C7—H7F109.5
N1—C4—C3121.32 (16)F3A—C1A—F1A108.1 (8)
C5—C4—C3127.14 (17)F3A—C1A—F2A104.8 (7)
C6—C5—C4105.27 (16)F1A—C1A—F2A104.8 (4)
C6—C5—H5127.4F3A—C1A—C2112.3 (6)
C4—C5—H5127.4F1A—C1A—C2118.2 (4)
N2—C6—C5105.83 (17)F2A—C1A—C2107.5 (3)
N2—C6—C7121.63 (19)F2B—C1B—F1B101.1 (9)
C5—C6—C7132.54 (18)F2B—C1B—C2127.5 (7)
C6—C7—H7A109.5F1B—C1B—C299.2 (7)
C6—C7—H7B109.5F2B—C1B—F3B113.0 (14)
H7A—C7—H7B109.5F1B—C1B—F3B99.9 (19)
C6—C7—H7C109.5C2—C1B—F3B110.3 (13)
H7A—C7—H7C109.5C4—N1—N2103.93 (15)
H7B—C7—H7C109.5N1—N2—C6113.44 (16)
C6—C7—H7D109.5N1—N2—H2123.3
H7A—C7—H7D141.1C6—N2—H2123.3
H7B—C7—H7D56.3C3—O1—C2114.79 (16)
H7C—C7—H7D56.3
O2—C3—C4—N1177.56 (19)O1—C2—C1B—F1B73.5 (9)
O1—C3—C4—N11.6 (3)O1—C2—C1B—F3B177.7 (17)
O2—C3—C4—C51.9 (3)C5—C4—N1—N20.3 (2)
O1—C3—C4—C5178.99 (18)C3—C4—N1—N2179.26 (16)
N1—C4—C5—C60.0 (2)C4—N1—N2—C60.5 (2)
C3—C4—C5—C6179.51 (19)C5—C6—N2—N10.5 (2)
C4—C5—C6—N20.3 (2)C7—C6—N2—N1178.95 (18)
C4—C5—C6—C7179.1 (2)O2—C3—O1—C20.6 (3)
O1—C2—C1A—F3A179.1 (8)C4—C3—O1—C2178.48 (17)
O1—C2—C1A—F1A52.1 (5)C1A—C2—O1—C3173.26 (19)
O1—C2—C1A—F2A66.1 (4)C1B—C2—O1—C3173.26 (19)
O1—C2—C1B—F2B38.3 (12)
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
N2—H2···N1i0.862.132.922 (2)153
C7—H7A···F2Aii0.962.543.477 (7)165
C7—H7D···F2Biii0.962.453.394 (11)168
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, y1/2, z+3/2; (ii) x+1/2, y3/2, z+3/2; (iii) x1/2, y+3/2, z1/2.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °) and selected torsion angles (°) for the ethyl 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate derivative (Figs. 11 and 12; refcode: FAQSAR02; Kusakiewicz-Dawid et al., 2019) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
C4—H4C···O1i0.962.663.5453 (19)153.9
N1—H1···N2ii0.862.172.9852 (18)157.2
N1—H1···O2ii0.862.483.0998 (16)129.3
Atom chainsTorsion anglesAtom chainsTorsion angles
C1/C2/C3/C4179.66 (16)C2/C1/C5/O1-5.5 (3)
C1/C5/O2/C6-179.37 (12)C2/C1/C5/O2173.72 (14)
C1/N2/N1/C3-0.54 (16)C5/O2/C6/C7174.94 (12)
Symmetry codes: (i) -x+1/2, y+1/2, -z+1/2; (ii) -x+3/2, y+1/2, -z+1/2.

Acknowledgements

ABO is deeply grateful to his academic mentor, Prof Johannes Beck (University of Bonn), for the long-time support, e.g. the access to the X-ray diffractometer facility and fruitful discussions.

Funding information

Funding for this research was provided by: CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior/Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education), from the Brazilian Federal Ministry of Education; CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico/National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos/Brazilian Innovation Agency), from the Brazilian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.

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