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The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(8)H(8)BrClO(2), sits on a crystallographic inversion centre, which ensures that the halogen sites are disordered, with exactly 50% Br and 50% Cl at each halogen site. The inversion renders the two meth-oxy groups equivalent. These groups lie almost in the plane of the aromatic ring system, making dihedral angles of 8.8 (4)° to the ring.
The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(8)H(8)BrClO(2), sits on a crystallographic inversion centre, which ensures that the halogen sites are disordered, with exactly 50% Br and 50% Cl at each halogen site. The inversion renders the two meth-oxy groups equivalent. These groups lie almost in the plane of the aromatic ring system, making dihedral angles of 8.8 (4)° to the ring.
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