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Synthesis and crystal structure of N,N'-(1,4-phenyl-enedi-methyl-idyne)bis-(2-phenyl-benzenamine)
Siva Kumar Srinivasan1, Biraj Jyoti Borah2, Vittal Babu Gudimetla1
1Department of Chemistry School of Basic and Applied Sciences Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur - 610005 Tamil Nadu India.
Abstract:
This work reports the synthesis and structural aspects of the title compund, a conjugated 1,4-phenyl-enedi-imine, C32H24N2, which is encumbered with two steric biphenyl moieties. The compound possesses an inversion center and crystallizes in monoclinic space group P21/n. The presence of biphenyl units across the conjugated di-imine results in a non-planar structure, where the two biphenyl units are twisted away from the plane of the central phenyl ring. The single-crystal XRD (SC-XRD) study of this mol-ecule provides insight into its mol-ecular conformation, bond parameters, and inter-molecular inter-actions, which are essential for understanding its potential as a key building block for the construction of inter-esting supra-molecular structures and fine-tuning their properties.
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