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Synthesis of Programmable Main-chain Liquid-crystalline Elastomers Using a Two-stage Thiol-acrylate Reaction
Published on: January 19, 2016
Methyl (2E)-2-{[(2-methyl-quinolin-8-yl)-oxy]meth-yl}-3-(thio-phen-2-yl)acrylate
Abstract:
In the mol-ecule of the title compound, C(19)H(17)NO(3)S, the dihedral angle formed by the quinoline ring system and the thio-phene ring is 83.15 (8)°. In the crystal, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a C(8) chain running along the b axis. The packing of the mol-ecules is further influenced by C-H⋯π inter-actions.
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