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N'-(2-Chloro-benzyl-idene)-3,4,5-tri-methoxy-benzohydrazide methanol solvate
Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|January 5, 2011
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(17)H(17)ClN(2)O(4)·CH(4)O, the dihedral angle between the benzene ring planes is 5.29 (6)°. Inter-molecular N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a chain along the a axis.
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