Affiliations 

  • 1 X-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia
PMID: 21580345 DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810004447

Abstract

In the title compound, C(5)H(5)ClN(2)·C(7)H(6)O(2), the carboxyl group of the benzoic acid mol-ecule is twisted away from the attached ring by 14.22 (7)°. In the crystal, the 2-amino-5-chloro-pyridine mol-ecules inter-act with the carboxyl groups of benzoic acid mol-ecules through N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming cyclic R(2) (2)(8) hydrogen-bonded motifs, and linking the mol-ecules into chains parallel to the [001] direction. Neighbouring 2-amino-5-chloro-pyridine mol-ecules are also centrosymmetrically paired through C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming another R(2) (2)(8) motif. The crystal structure is further stabilized by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

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