C 16 H 11 N 3 O 3 ,monoclinic, P12 1 /c1(no. 14), a =9.3959(2) Å, b =5.7085(1) Å, c =24.8921(7) Å, b =96.885(1)°, V =1325.5 Å 3 , Z =4,Rgt(F) =0.041, wRref(F 2 ) =0.152, T =100 K.Source of material 2-Acetylbenzimidazole (1.5 g, 10 mmol) was dissolved to asolution of EtOH (40 ml) and 3g(75 mmol) of NaOH. To this solution, 10 mmol of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde was added. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature during 5h.The resulting mixture was neutralized with a4Nsolution of HCl. The precipitate was dried and recrystallized from amixture of toluene/EtOH (4 : 1, v/v)(yield 68 %, m.p. >533 K). Yellow crystals of parallelepiped shape suitable for single-crystal diffraction were grown by slow evaporation at ambient temperature and in air from ahot solution in acetonitrile. NMR data are available in the CIF.
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DiscussionBenzimidazole and its derivatives constitute one of the most extensively studied families of organic compounds in regard to the number of articles published on these compounds. This great attention is essentially due to their wide range of biopharmacological activities including antihelminthic [6] properties. The benzimidazole derivatives showed to be also excellent inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase [7]. The benzimidazole nucleus system, whose inestimable virtues seduced the scientific community, was moreover classified as an important pharmacophore in the discovery of modern drug [8]. From this point of view, the benzimidazole nucleus system constitutes abasic molecular scaffold in the design of new molecules of pharmacological interest. The title molecular structure consists of three main parts: the benzimidazole ring and the nitrophenyl ring related by enone group (figure, top). In the benzimidazole ring the bond lengths and angles are in good agreement with those observed in the 1-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-3-(3-chlorophenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one [9]. The C10=N2 double bond and C16-N2 single bond in the imidazole ring are clearly distinguishable with bond lengths of 1.323(2) and 1.387(1) Å,r espectively. The benzimidazole ring makes dihedral angles of 2.66(3)°and 1.16(3)°with phenyl ring and mean plane of enone group, respectively. It confers to the molecule an almost planar structure. The magnitudes of structural parameters of phenyl ring are within normal ranges [10], with a light opening of intramolecular angle at C4 atom due to the presence of nitro group which is twisted of 13°with respect of phenyl ring. The N3-O2 and N3-O3 bonds of nitro group have similar distances of 1.226 (2)