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Continuous Flow Chemistry: Reaction of Diphenyldiazomethane with p-Nitrobenzoic Acid
Published on: November 15, 2017
Butane-2,3-dione bis-[(4-bromo-benzyl-idene)hydrazone]
Sai-Ming Yang1, Yue-Tong Xu, Bang-Hua Zhang
1College of Population, Resources and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, C(18)H(16)Br(2)N(4), is a linear double Schiff base compound having two parallel 4-bromo-phenyl groups connected across a crystallographic inversion centre by flexible C-C and C=N-N=C bonds and stabilized in the solid state by weak inter-molecular Br⋯Br inter-actions [3.7992 (11) Å], generating an infinite two-dimensional network structure.
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