Rac-N-{6-[Bromo-(hydr-oxy)meth-yl]-2-pyrid-yl}pivalamide

Abstract

The title compound, C 11H 15BrN 2O 2, contains an amide group which is close to coplanar with the adjacent pyridine ring, the dihedral angle between the planes being 9.0 (5)°. The mol-ecular packing reveals a mutual hydrogen-bond inter-action between centrosymmetrically related hydroxyl O atoms. Further hydrogen bonding involving O - H⋯Br and N - H⋯Br inter-actions also appears to consolidate the packing.