The molecular and crystal structure of p-methyl-phenyl glyoxylacid-m-trifluoro-anilide

Using X-ray crystal structure analysis of the title compound the positions of all atoms (including all A atoms) were localized in the triclinic unit cell with the parameters a = 14.68₆ Å, b = 7.70₀ Å, c = 7.89₈ Å, α = 122.5°, β = 105.4°, γ = 87.7°, space group P1. The existence of an intramolecular H N … O(1) bridge was inferred, the H-bridge acceptor of which predominantly is the π-electron density of the carbonyl group in agreement with the results of the X-ray crystal structure analysis of p-methyl-phenyl-glyoxyl-acid-p-chloroanilide (HOEHNE , SEIDEL ). Moreover, the existence of H-bridgelike interactions of the two phenyl hydrogen atoms H(6) and H(15) to the carbonyl oxygen O(2) could be proved. These interactions stabilize the conformation of the two phenyl rings in the molecule.