Monoclinic pseudosymmetry in 2-phenoxybenzenesulfonamide, a triclinic structure having Z' = 4, and spontaneous resolution in monoclinic N-methyl-2-phenoxybenzenesulfonamide.
2-Phenoxybenzenesulfonamide, C(12)H(11)NO(3)S, (I), crystallizes in space group P-1 with Z' = 4, but the structure closely mimics the monoclinic space group P2(1)/b with Z' = 2. The molecules of (I) are linked by a combination of N-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds into two independent chains of centrosymmetric edge-fused R(2)(2)(18) and R(6)(6)(34) rings. N-Methyl-2-phenoxybenzenesulfonamide, C(13)H(13)NO(3)S, (II), crystallizes in space group P2(1) with Z' = 1, and is an example of spontaneous resolution. The molecules are linked by N-H...O and C-H...O hydrogen bonds into chains of spiro-fused R(2)(2)(12) rings, and these chains are linked into sheets by a single C-H...pi(arene) hydrogen bond.
Glidewell
Christopher
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School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland. cg@st-andrews.ac.uk
Low
John N
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Skakle
Janet M S
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Wardell
James L
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