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Published on: September 16, 2019
Crystal structure and Hirshfeld analysis of 2-[bis-(1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)meth-yl]benzoic acid
Suhaila Sapari1, Sheryn Wong1, Mohammad Fadzlee Ngatiman2
1Centre of Advanced Materials and Renewable Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C26H22N2O2, the dihedral angles between the 1-methyl-indole units (A and B) and the benzoic acid moiety (C) are A/B = 64.87 (7), A/C = 80.92 (8) and B/C = 75.05 (8)°. An intra-molecular C-H⋯O inter-action arising from the methyne group helps to establish the conformation. In the crystal, R 2 2(8) carb-oxy-lic acid inversion dimers linked by pairs of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed. A Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that the greatest contributions are from H⋯H, C⋯H/H⋯C and O⋯H/H⋯O contacts (percentage values = 54.6%, 29.6% and 10.1%, respectively).
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