4-Chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzenesulfonamide

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H16ClNO2S, contains two independent moleules. The conformation of the N—H bonds are anti to the ortho-methyl groups in the sulfonyl benzene rings of both the molecules, while the N—H bonds are anti to the ortho- and meta-methyl groups in the aniline ring of one of the molecules and syn in the other. Furthermore, the torsion angles of the C—SO2—NH—C segments in the two molecules of are −66.8 (3) and 70.3 (3)°. The sulfonyl and the aniline benzene rings are oriented at angles of 44.1 (1) and 39.7 (1)° in the two molecules. In the crystal, pairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into dimers.