2-Chloro- N-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)acetamide

Abstract

The title compound, C₈H₈ClNO₂, is significantly distorted from planarity, with a twist angle between the planes through the hy-droxy-benzene and acetamide groups being 23.5 (2)°. This conformation is supported by intra-molecular C-H⋯O and N-H⋯Cl contacts. In the crystal, N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding contacts between acetamide groups and O-H⋯O contacts between hydroxyl groups form tapes propagating parallel to [103].

Keywords: acetamide; crystal structure; hydrogen-bonding.

Figure 1

The mol­ecule of 2-chloro-N-(4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)acetamide showing the atom-numbering scheme and displacement parameters at the 50% probability level. The intra­molecular C—H⋯O and N—H⋯Cl contacts are shown as green dotted lines.

Figure 2

A segment of the packing in the crystal of 2-chloro-N-(4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)acetamide showing the inter­molecular N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds as green dotted lines.