A 3 × 3 isomer
grid of nine
N
-(chlorophenyl)pyridinecarboxamides
(
NxxCl
) is reported with physicochemical studies and
single crystal structures (
Nx
= pyridinoyl moiety;
xCl
= aminochlorobenzene ring;
x
=
para
-/
meta
-/
ortho
-), as synthesized
by the reaction of the substituted
p
-/
m
-/
o
-pyridinecarbonyl chlorides (
Nx
)
with
p
-/
m
-/
o
-aminochlorobenzenes
(
xCl
). Several of the nine
NxxCl
crystal
structures display structural similarities with their halogenated
NxxX
and methylated
NxxM
relatives (
x
=
p
-/
m-
/
o
-substitutions;
X
= F, Br;
M
= methyl). Indeed, five of the nine
NxxCl
crystal structures are isomorphous with their
NxxBr
analogues as the
NpmCl
/
Br
,
NpoCl
/
Br
,
NmoCl
/
NmoBr
,
NopCl
/
Br
, and
NooCl
/
Br
pairs. In the
NxxCl
series, the favored hydrogen
bonding mode is aggregation by N–H···N
pyridine
interactions, though amide···amide intermolecular
interactions are noted in
NpoCl
and
NmoCl
. For the
NoxCl
triad, intramolecular N–H···N
pyridine
interactions influence molecular planarity, whereas
NppCl·H
2
O
(as a monohydrate) exhibits O–H···O,
N–H···O1W, and O1W-H···N interactions
as the primary hydrogen bonding. Analysis of chlorine-containing compounds
on the CSD is noted for comparisons. The interaction environments
are probed using Hirshfeld surface analysis and contact enrichment
studies. The melting temperatures (
T
m
)
depend on both the lattice energy and molecular symmetry (Carnelley’s
rule), and the melting points can be well predicted from a linear
regression of the two variables. The relationships of the
T
m
values with the total energy, the electrostatic
component, and the strongest hydrogen bond components have been analyzed.