Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, o1984-o1986  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804025024 ]

(RS)-Benzyl mandelate

R. K. Mughal, R. G. Pritchard and R. J. Davey

Abstract: A benzyl ester of mandelic acid, C₁₅H₁₄O₃, was obtained by the crystallization of racemic mandelic acid from benzyl alcohol followed by vacuum drying at 363  K. The structure is composed of two hydrogen-bonded chains of S or R configuration, running along the shortest crystallographic b axis. There is one molecule in the asymmetric unit and each molecule forms four intermolecular hydrogen bonds with two other molecules of the same chirality.

Online 9 October 2004

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