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Published on: May 27, 2014
2-{[4-(Pyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl]sulfan-yl}acetic acid
1Deparment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei 230061, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title mol-ecule, C(11)H(9)N(3)O(2)S, the pyridine and pyrimidine rings are almost parallel [dihedral angle = 6.7 (1)°]. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are joined by O-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, leading to the formation of a sheet parallel to (10[Formula: see text]).
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