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Published on: July 28, 2022
Bis{2-[(Tri-phenyl-meth-yl)amino]-phen-yl} diselenide aceto-nitrile monosolvate
Adam Neuba1, Tobias Schneider1, Ulrich Flörke1
1Universität Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany.
Abstract:
The mol-ecular structure of the title compound, C50H40N2Se2·C2H3N, shows a syn conformation of the benzene rings bound to the Se atoms, with an Se-Se bond length of 2.3529 (6) Å and a C-Se-Se-C torsion angle of 93.53 (14)°. The two Se-bonded aromatic ring planes make a dihedral angle of 18.42 (16)°. Intra-molecular N-H⋯Se hydrogen bonds are noted. Inter-molecular C-H⋯Se inter-actions give rise to supra-molecular chains extended along [100]. One severely disordered aceto-nitrile solvent mol-ecule per asymmetric unit was treated with SQUEEZE in PLATON [Spek (2009 ▶). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155]; the crystal data take the presence of this mol-ecule into account.
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