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Published on: March 24, 2018
Crystal structure of 4,4'-(ethane-1,2-di-yl)bis-(2,6-di-bromo-aniline)
Ines Hauptvogel1, Wilhelm Seichter1, Edwin Weber1
1Institut für Organische Chemie, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Strasse 29, D-09596 Freiberg/Sachsen, Germany.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C14H12Br4N2, the mol-ecule lies across an inversion center and hence the benzene rings are strictly coplanar. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯N and weak N-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to (101). In addition, type II Br⋯Br inter-actions [3.625 (4) Å] complete a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.
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