Acta Crystallographica Section E (Mar 2008)

Benznidazole

  • Bruno Dacunha-Marinho,
  • Juan J. Torres-Labandeira,
  • Pedro José Rolim Neto,
  • Marcílio S. S. Cunha-Filho,
  • José Lamartine Soares-Sobrinho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536808005023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 3
pp. o634 – o634

Abstract

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The conformation of the title compound [systematic name: N-benzyl-2-(2-nitroimidazol-1-yl)acetamide], C12H12N4O3, can be described in terms of the relative orientation of three planar fragments, the imidazol group (A), benzyl group (B), and the acetamide fragment (C), with corresponding dihedral angles: A/C = 88.17 (4), B/C = 67.12 (5) and A/B = 21.11 (4)°. The crystal packing is enhanced by a network of strong intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds.