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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
(4-Chloro-benzoyl)(2-eth-oxy-7-methoxy-naphthalen-1-yl)methanone
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(20)H(17)ClO(3), the naphthalene and benzene rings form an inter-planar angle of 83.30 (8)°. The conformation around the central C=O group is such that the C=O bond vector forms a larger angle to the plane of the naphthalene ring than to the plane of the benzene ring, viz. 55.8 (2)° versus 15.8 (2)°. The 4-chloro-phenyl groups form a centrosymmetric π-π inter-action, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.829 (1) Å and a lateral offset of 1.758 Å. An inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-action is formed between the 4-chloro-phenyl group and the O atom of a neighbouring meth-oxy group, and two very weak C-H⋯π contacts are present.
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