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Protocol for the Synthesis of Ortho-trifluoromethoxylated Aniline Derivatives
Published on: January 19, 2016
4-(Dimethyl-amino)benzaldehyde
1Marine College, Zhejiang Institute of Communications, Hangzhou 311112, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, C(9)H(11)NO, crystallizes with two independent but essentially identical mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, which are linked via a C-H⋯π inter-action. In both mol-ecules, the aldehyde and dimethyl-amine groups are essentially coplanar with the attached benzene ring. In the crystal structure, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link one type of independent mol-ecules into a chain along the a axis. In addition, the structure is stabilized by π-π stacking inter-actions involving the benzene rings [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.697 (2) Å].
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