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Methyl 2-[4-(tri-fluoro-meth-yl)phenyl-sulfan-yl]benzoate
Thammarse S Yamuna1, Jerry P Jasinski2, Brian J Anderson2
1Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C15H13F3O2S, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 79.5 (1)°. The ester group is twisted by 7.6 (1)° from the mean plane of the adjacent benzene ring. Disorder was modeled over two sites for one F atom of the tri-fluoro-methyl group with an occupancy ratio of 0.54 (6):0.46 (6). In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (101). The networks are linked via C-H⋯π inter-actions, leading to the formation of a three-dimensional supra-molecular structure.
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