2,4,6-Halogeno-Aniline Derivatives

The title compounds, 2,4-dibromo-6-chloroaniline, C₆H₄Br₂ClN, (1), N-acetyl-4-bromo-2,6-dichloroaniline (alternative name: 4'-bromo-2',6'-dichloroacetanilide), C₈H₆BrCl₂NO, (2), and N-formyl-4-bromo-2,6-difluoroaniline [alternative name: N-(4-bromo-2,6-difluorophenyl)formamide], C₇H₄BrF₂NO, (3), all have at least one short cell axis (in the range 4.2 to 4.7 Å) and contain molecules which are linked to form infinite chains along the short-axis directions via N-H...N or N-H...O hydrogen bonds. Compound (1) has halogen disorder at the 2 and 6 positions.

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