Crystal structure of N‐(3,4‐dichlorophenyl)‐N′‐hydroxy‐2‐oxo‐2‐phenylacetamidine

The title compound (C₁₄H₁₀N₂O₂Cl₂) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/a with a=10.042(1) Å, b=10.317(1) Å, c=13.877(2) Å, β=97.36(2)°, V=1425.8(3) ų, Z=4, D_x=1.44 g.cm^‐3. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full‐matrix least‐squares method (R = 0.0457). The title molecule consists of 3,4‐dichlorophenylamino and 2‐phenyl‐1,2‐ethanedione‐1‐oxime groups. The intermolecular O‐H…N and N‐H…O hydrogen bonds [O…N 2.760(6) and 3.087(5) Å] are highly effective in forming the polymeric chains. The oxime group has an E configuration. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)