Untersuchungen an Stickstoff-Brom-Verbindungen, IV / Studies on Nitrogen-Bromine Compounds, IV

The crystal and molecular structures of N-bromobenzamide (NBB), N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), and N,N-dibromobenzenesulfonamide (NBBS) were determined by X-ray structure analysis. The nitrogen atoms in NBB and NBS have a trigonal planar coordination (sp2) and the N—Br distances lie in the same range (1.82 A, 1.84 A). The N—Br distance in NBBS, where the nitrogen atom is sp3-hybridized, is somewhat longer (1.88 A). In these structures the molecules are connected by O···H—N (NBB), O···Br—N (NBS) or N···Br—N (NBBS) intermolecular bonds forming endless chains; positivated hydrogen atoms or, in case that they are absent, positivated bromine atoms act as electron acceptors with oxygen or sp3- hybridized nitrogen atoms. These results suggest, that in solid nitrogen tribromide, the crystal structure of which cannot be determined, the nitrogen atoms will be sp3-hybridized and intermolecular contacts via N—Br···N will occur.