title: 2-Chloro-N-(3-methyl-phen-yl)acetamide.
abstract: The conformation of the N-H bond in the structure of the title compound, C(9)H(10)ClNO, is syn to the meta-methyl group, in contrast to the anti conformation observed with respect to the meta-nitro group in 2-chloro-N-(3-nitro-phen-yl)-acetamide. The asymmetric unit of the title compound contains two mol-ecules. The geometric parameters of the title compound are similar to those of 2-chloro-N-(4-methyl-phen-yl)-acetamide, 2-chloro-N-(3-nitro-phen-yl)acetamide and other acetanilides. Dual inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules in the direction of the a axis.
authors.forename: B Thimme
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Gowda
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Svoboda
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foro
authors.forename: Shi-Qi
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuess