The crystal and molecular structure of N-(methylsulfonyl)-N-(2,6)-(dimethylphenyl)methanesulfonamide

The title compound, crystallizes in the triclinic space group {Mathematical expression} with a=8.232(4), b=9.159(2), c=10.230(3)Å. α=74.07(3)°, β=72.50(4)°, γ=63.65(3)° and Z=2. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full matrix least squares methods to R=0.054 for 1817 observed reflections. The plane containing the nitrogen and sulfur atoms is perpendicular to the aromatic plane. One of the S-O bonds in each methanesulfonyl group is in nearly eclipsed conformation with the N-C bond.