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Modification and Functionalization of the Guanidine Group by Tailor-made Precursors
Published on: April 27, 2017
N,N'-Bis[4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide
1Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China .
Abstract:
In the title mol-ecule, C(21)H(13)F(6)N(3)O(2), the pyridine ring forms dihedral angles of 1.7 (1) and 5.2 (1)° with the two benzene rings. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π⋯π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance of 3.628 (3) Å between aromatic rings] link mol-ecules into stacks along the c axis. The two trifluoro-methyl groups are each rotationally disordered between two orientations, with occupancy ratios of 0.58 (1):0.42 (1) and 0.55 (1):0.45 (1).
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