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Modification and Functionalization of the Guanidine Group by Tailor-made Precursors
Published on: April 27, 2017
(Z)-3-[(2-Fluoro-anilino)carbon-yl]prop-2-enoic acid
Abstract:
In the title mol-ecule, C(10)H(8)FNO(3), the dihedral angle between the fluoro-phenyl group and the essentially planar [within 0.064 (3) Å] COC=CCOOH unit, which has a Z configuration, is 19.99 (14)°. There is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O bond in the mol-ecule involving the acid -OH group and the adjacent carbonyl O atom. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯O bonds lead to the formation of polymer chains propagating along [011].
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