Crystal structures of 3-fluoro-N-[2-(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)phen­yl]benzamide, 3-bromo-N-[2-(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)phen­yl]benzamide and 3-iodo-N-[2-(tri­fluoro­meth­yl)phen­yl]benzamide

In the title compounds, C(14)H(9)F(4)NO, (I), C(14)H(9)BrF(3)NO, (II), and C(14)H(9)F(3)INO, (III), the two benzene rings are inclined to one another by 43.94 (8)° in mol­ecule A and 55.66 (7)° in mol­ecule B of compound (I), which crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit, but by only 10.40 (12)° in compound (II) and 12.5 (2)° in compound (III). In the crystals of all three compounds, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules to form chains propagating along the a-axis direction for (I), and along the b-axis direction for (II) and (III). In the crystal of (I), –A–B–A–B– chains are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to (010). Within the layers there are weak offset π–π inter­actions present [inter­centroid distances = 3.868 (1) and 3.855 (1) Å]. In the crystals of (II) and (III), the chains are linked via short halogen–halogen contacts [Br⋯Br = 3.6141 (4) Å in (II) and I⋯I = 3.7797 (5) Å in (III)], resulting in the formation of ribbons propagating along the b-axis direction.