Methyl 2-(4-Chloro-Benzamido)-Benzoate

Abstract

In the title compound, C<inf>15</inf>H<inf>12</inf>ClNO<inf>3</inf>, the central C - C(O) - N - C amide unit makes dihedral angles of 6.60 (2) and 3.42 (2)°, respectively, with the 4-chloro-benzene and anilino rings. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 3.32 (3)°. Intra-molecular N - H⋯O and C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds form S(6) rings and contribute to the planarity of this portion of the mol-ecule. In the crystal, inter-molecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed, which link the mol-ecules into [010] C(7) chains.