Crystal structure of 4-methyl- N-(4-methyl-benz-yl)benzene-sulfonamide

Brock A Stenfors; Richard J Staples; Shannon M Biros; Felix N Ngassa

doi:10.1107/S2056989020000535

Crystal structure of 4-methyl- N-(4-methyl-benz-yl)benzene-sulfonamide

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2020 Jan 17;76(Pt 2):235-238. doi: 10.1107/S2056989020000535. eCollection 2020 Feb 1.

Authors

Brock A Stenfors¹, Richard J Staples², Shannon M Biros¹, Felix N Ngassa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, 1 Campus Dr., Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
² Center for Crystallographic Research, Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

Abstract

The title compound, C₁₅H₁₇NO₂S, was synthesized via a substitution reaction between 4-methyl-benzyl-amine and p-toluene-sulfonyl chloride. In the crystal, N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules, forming ribbons running along the b-axis direction. One of the aromatic rings hosts two inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions that link these hydrogen-bonded ribbons into a three-dimensional network.

Keywords: C—H⋯π interaction; N—H⋯O hydrogen bond; crystal structure; sulfonamide.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by National Science Foundation grant MRI CHE-1725699. Grand Valley State University (Chemistry Department’s Weldon Fund) grant .