organic compounds
2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl 5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate
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]
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.
Keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen-bonded chain; pyrazole.
CCDC reference: 2521414
Structure description
As part of our interest in pyrazole derivatives with potential application in medicinal chemistry (Gonçalves et al., 2016
), we now report the crystal structure of the title compound, C7H7F3N2O2 (I). For recent reports regarding pyrazole derivatives, see: Ameziane El Hassani et al. (2023
), Ramajayam (2025
) and Ríos & Portilla (2022
).
There is one molecule in the asymmetric unit of (I), with all atoms being located in general positions (Fig. 1
). 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 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
, Fig. 2
). The crystal structure thus exhibits the supramolecular arrangement of a catemer with a C11(3) motif (Alkorta et al., 2005
; Foces-Foces et al., 2000
): 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
). There are two short C—F⋯H contacts (Table 1
), 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., 2021
). The surface mapped over dnorm shows the regions with the strongest contacts in red in the vicinities of H2 and N1 (Fig. 4
), being in agreement with previous figures (Figs. 2
and 3
). The fingerprint plots (Fig. 5
) 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).
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| Figure 2 Fragment of the extended structure of (I) showing N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Symmetry code: (i) −x + |
| | Figure 3 The packing of (I) as viewed along the b-axis direction. |
| | Figure 4 The Hirshfeld surface of (I) mapped over dnorm in the range −0.49 to 1.62 a. u. |
| 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., 2016
) revealed a similar structure, namely ethyl-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate, C7H10N2O2 (CSD refcode: FAQSAR02; Kusakiewicz-Dawid et al., 2019
). 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
). 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., 2019
).
Synthesis and crystallization
The synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of (I) are already published in the literature (Gonçalves et al., 2016
). 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 details are summarized in Table 2
. 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.
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Structural data
CCDC reference: 2521414
contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314626000192/hb4551sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314626000192/hb4551Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314626000192/hb4551Isup3.cml
| C7H7F3N2O2 | F(000) = 848 |
| Mr = 208.15 | Dx = 1.504 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| a = 26.914 (6) Å | Cell parameters from 3527 reflections |
| b = 5.0133 (10) Å | θ = 3.0–29.6° |
| c = 18.693 (4) Å | µ = 0.15 mm−1 |
| β = 133.214 (2)° | T = 200 K |
| V = 1838.2 (7) Å3 | Prismatic, colourless |
| Z = 8 | 0.40 × 0.26 × 0.12 mm |
| Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer | 2644 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: Fine-focus sealed tube | 1730 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Horizontally mounted graphite crystal monochromator | Rint = 0.033 |
| φ and ω scans | θmax = 29.9°, θmin = 2.1° |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | h = −37→37 |
| Tmin = 0.603, Tmax = 0.746 | k = −4→7 |
| 10780 measured reflections | l = −26→26 |
| Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.057 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| wR(F2) = 0.155 | H-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 parameters | Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3 |
| 0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.60 e Å−3 |
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. |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
| C2 | 0.32947 (11) | 1.0880 (5) | 0.64954 (16) | 0.0445 (5) | |
| H2A | 0.309121 | 1.261903 | 0.637302 | 0.053* | |
| H2B | 0.326834 | 1.046331 | 0.596343 | 0.053* | |
| C3 | 0.22953 (10) | 0.8424 (4) | 0.57173 (13) | 0.0334 (4) | |
| C4 | 0.19776 (9) | 0.6313 (4) | 0.58381 (13) | 0.0298 (4) | |
| C5 | 0.13094 (9) | 0.5346 (4) | 0.51236 (13) | 0.0351 (5) | |
| H5 | 0.097239 | 0.590858 | 0.447569 | 0.042* | |
| C6 | 0.12582 (9) | 0.3380 (4) | 0.55871 (13) | 0.0335 (4) | |
| C7 | 0.06852 (11) | 0.1606 (5) | 0.52476 (17) | 0.0483 (6) | |
| H7A | 0.085442 | 0.026166 | 0.573408 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| H7B | 0.048965 | 0.076990 | 0.464084 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| H7C | 0.034334 | 0.264684 | 0.514954 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| H7D | 0.027052 | 0.219061 | 0.461556 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| H7E | 0.063529 | 0.168237 | 0.570880 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| H7F | 0.078160 | −0.019457 | 0.520010 | 0.072* | 0.5 |
| C1A | 0.40082 (14) | 1.0874 (6) | 0.7439 (2) | 0.0594 (7)* | 0.718 (11) |
| F1A | 0.4328 (3) | 0.8643 (15) | 0.7764 (6) | 0.113 (2) | 0.718 (11) |
| F2A | 0.4018 (3) | 1.1767 (14) | 0.8164 (3) | 0.0867 (16) | 0.718 (11) |
| F3A | 0.4367 (5) | 1.253 (3) | 0.7457 (9) | 0.0838 (11) | 0.718 (11) |
| C1B | 0.40082 (14) | 1.0874 (6) | 0.7439 (2) | 0.0594 (7)* | 0.282 (11) |
| F1B | 0.4233 (9) | 0.839 (5) | 0.7329 (14) | 0.113 (2) | 0.282 (11) |
| F2B | 0.4209 (7) | 1.060 (3) | 0.8212 (8) | 0.0867 (16) | 0.282 (11) |
| F3B | 0.4429 (15) | 1.288 (8) | 0.741 (2) | 0.0838 (11) | 0.282 (11) |
| N1 | 0.23275 (8) | 0.5042 (4) | 0.66983 (10) | 0.0303 (4) | |
| N2 | 0.18769 (7) | 0.3269 (3) | 0.65185 (10) | 0.0307 (4) | |
| H2 | 0.197260 | 0.217450 | 0.695247 | 0.037* | |
| O1 | 0.29450 (7) | 0.8889 (3) | 0.65623 (10) | 0.0399 (4) | |
| O2 | 0.20159 (8) | 0.9569 (3) | 0.49600 (11) | 0.0478 (4) |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| C2 | 0.0536 (12) | 0.0447 (14) | 0.0480 (12) | −0.0159 (11) | 0.0397 (11) | −0.0078 (10) |
| C3 | 0.0428 (10) | 0.0333 (12) | 0.0332 (9) | −0.0012 (9) | 0.0295 (8) | −0.0024 (8) |
| C4 | 0.0354 (9) | 0.0313 (11) | 0.0277 (8) | −0.0008 (8) | 0.0236 (7) | −0.0017 (7) |
| C5 | 0.0330 (9) | 0.0402 (13) | 0.0251 (8) | 0.0027 (9) | 0.0172 (7) | 0.0028 (8) |
| C6 | 0.0306 (9) | 0.0360 (12) | 0.0298 (8) | −0.0005 (8) | 0.0191 (8) | −0.0012 (8) |
| C7 | 0.0359 (10) | 0.0500 (15) | 0.0482 (12) | −0.0071 (10) | 0.0246 (10) | −0.0014 (11) |
| F1A | 0.054 (2) | 0.089 (2) | 0.130 (5) | 0.0057 (18) | 0.038 (3) | 0.018 (4) |
| F2A | 0.088 (3) | 0.121 (4) | 0.0569 (11) | −0.051 (3) | 0.0515 (16) | −0.045 (2) |
| F3A | 0.070 (2) | 0.095 (4) | 0.0957 (18) | −0.0487 (18) | 0.0607 (14) | −0.012 (2) |
| F1B | 0.054 (2) | 0.089 (2) | 0.130 (5) | 0.0057 (18) | 0.038 (3) | 0.018 (4) |
| F2B | 0.088 (3) | 0.121 (4) | 0.0569 (11) | −0.051 (3) | 0.0515 (16) | −0.045 (2) |
| F3B | 0.070 (2) | 0.095 (4) | 0.0957 (18) | −0.0487 (18) | 0.0607 (14) | −0.012 (2) |
| N1 | 0.0332 (7) | 0.0330 (9) | 0.0267 (7) | −0.0038 (7) | 0.0213 (6) | −0.0016 (6) |
| N2 | 0.0326 (7) | 0.0330 (10) | 0.0263 (7) | −0.0019 (7) | 0.0200 (6) | 0.0028 (6) |
| O1 | 0.0445 (8) | 0.0450 (10) | 0.0343 (7) | −0.0127 (7) | 0.0286 (6) | −0.0036 (6) |
| O2 | 0.0564 (9) | 0.0490 (11) | 0.0391 (8) | −0.0020 (8) | 0.0331 (7) | 0.0102 (7) |
| C2—O1 | 1.435 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
| C2—C1A | 1.470 (4) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
| C2—C1B | 1.470 (4) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
| C2—H2A | 0.9700 | C7—H7D | 0.9600 |
| C2—H2B | 0.9700 | C7—H7E | 0.9600 |
| C3—O2 | 1.201 (2) | C7—H7F | 0.9600 |
| C3—O1 | 1.351 (2) | C1A—F3A | 1.256 (7) |
| C3—C4 | 1.472 (3) | C1A—F1A | 1.283 (8) |
| C4—N1 | 1.343 (2) | C1A—F2A | 1.412 (6) |
| C4—C5 | 1.401 (3) | C1B—F2B | 1.155 (11) |
| C5—C6 | 1.380 (3) | C1B—F1B | 1.46 (3) |
| C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C1B—F3B | 1.539 (18) |
| C6—N2 | 1.355 (2) | N1—N2 | 1.347 (2) |
| C6—C7 | 1.494 (3) | N2—H2 | 0.8600 |
| O1—C2—C1A | 106.9 (2) | C6—C7—H7E | 109.5 |
| O1—C2—C1B | 106.9 (2) | H7A—C7—H7E | 56.3 |
| O1—C2—H2A | 110.3 | H7B—C7—H7E | 141.1 |
| C1A—C2—H2A | 110.3 | H7C—C7—H7E | 56.3 |
| O1—C2—H2B | 110.3 | H7D—C7—H7E | 109.5 |
| C1A—C2—H2B | 110.3 | C6—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
| H2A—C2—H2B | 108.6 | H7A—C7—H7F | 56.3 |
| O2—C3—O1 | 124.09 (19) | H7B—C7—H7F | 56.3 |
| O2—C3—C4 | 124.35 (18) | H7C—C7—H7F | 141.1 |
| O1—C3—C4 | 111.56 (16) | H7D—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
| N1—C4—C5 | 111.54 (17) | H7E—C7—H7F | 109.5 |
| N1—C4—C3 | 121.32 (16) | F3A—C1A—F1A | 108.1 (8) |
| C5—C4—C3 | 127.14 (17) | F3A—C1A—F2A | 104.8 (7) |
| C6—C5—C4 | 105.27 (16) | F1A—C1A—F2A | 104.8 (4) |
| C6—C5—H5 | 127.4 | F3A—C1A—C2 | 112.3 (6) |
| C4—C5—H5 | 127.4 | F1A—C1A—C2 | 118.2 (4) |
| N2—C6—C5 | 105.83 (17) | F2A—C1A—C2 | 107.5 (3) |
| N2—C6—C7 | 121.63 (19) | F2B—C1B—F1B | 101.1 (9) |
| C5—C6—C7 | 132.54 (18) | F2B—C1B—C2 | 127.5 (7) |
| C6—C7—H7A | 109.5 | F1B—C1B—C2 | 99.2 (7) |
| C6—C7—H7B | 109.5 | F2B—C1B—F3B | 113.0 (14) |
| H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 | F1B—C1B—F3B | 99.9 (19) |
| C6—C7—H7C | 109.5 | C2—C1B—F3B | 110.3 (13) |
| H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 | C4—N1—N2 | 103.93 (15) |
| H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 | N1—N2—C6 | 113.44 (16) |
| C6—C7—H7D | 109.5 | N1—N2—H2 | 123.3 |
| H7A—C7—H7D | 141.1 | C6—N2—H2 | 123.3 |
| H7B—C7—H7D | 56.3 | C3—O1—C2 | 114.79 (16) |
| H7C—C7—H7D | 56.3 | ||
| O2—C3—C4—N1 | 177.56 (19) | O1—C2—C1B—F1B | 73.5 (9) |
| O1—C3—C4—N1 | −1.6 (3) | O1—C2—C1B—F3B | 177.7 (17) |
| O2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.9 (3) | C5—C4—N1—N2 | 0.3 (2) |
| O1—C3—C4—C5 | 178.99 (18) | C3—C4—N1—N2 | −179.26 (16) |
| N1—C4—C5—C6 | 0.0 (2) | C4—N1—N2—C6 | −0.5 (2) |
| C3—C4—C5—C6 | 179.51 (19) | C5—C6—N2—N1 | 0.5 (2) |
| C4—C5—C6—N2 | −0.3 (2) | C7—C6—N2—N1 | −178.95 (18) |
| C4—C5—C6—C7 | 179.1 (2) | O2—C3—O1—C2 | −0.6 (3) |
| O1—C2—C1A—F3A | 179.1 (8) | C4—C3—O1—C2 | 178.48 (17) |
| O1—C2—C1A—F1A | 52.1 (5) | C1A—C2—O1—C3 | −173.26 (19) |
| O1—C2—C1A—F2A | −66.1 (4) | C1B—C2—O1—C3 | −173.26 (19) |
| O1—C2—C1B—F2B | −38.3 (12) |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | 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) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) −x+1/2, y−3/2, −z+3/2; (iii) x−1/2, −y+3/2, z−1/2. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| C4—H4C···O1i | 0.96 | 2.66 | 3.5453 (19) | 153.9 |
| N1—H1···N2ii | 0.86 | 2.17 | 2.9852 (18) | 157.2 |
| N1—H1···O2ii | 0.86 | 2.48 | 3.0998 (16) | 129.3 |
| Atom chains | Torsion angles | Atom chains | Torsion angles | |
| C1/C2/C3/C4 | 179.66 (16) | C2/C1/C5/O1 | -5.5 (3) | |
| C1/C5/O2/C6 | -179.37 (12) | C2/C1/C5/O2 | 173.72 (14) | |
| C1/N2/N1/C3 | -0.54 (16) | C5/O2/C6/C7 | 174.94 (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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