The X-ray Structure of 5-Chlorosalicylaldehyde

R Alan Aitken, Anna L G Gidlow, Russel S Ramsewak, Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin

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Abstract

5-Chlorosalicylaldehyde [monoclinic, a = 3.800(2), b = 5.595(4), c = 15.174(11) Å, β = 93.221(17)°, space group P21] exhibits an unusual crystal structure with both intramolecular and intermolecular OH to CH=O hydrogen bonding, the latter leading to chains of molecules aligned along the b axis. A survey of previous substituted salicylaldehyde structures shows three main hydrogen bonding patterns: intramolecular only (14), intramolecular and intermolecular dimeric (5), and intramolecular and intermolecular polymeric (3).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-69
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Chemical Crystallography
Volume43
Issue number2
Early online date25 Nov 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2013

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