Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, o2012-o2013  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806014267 ]

2,3,2',3'-Tetramethylbiphenyl

W. Zheng, H.-J. Zhu, Y. Qian and Y.-Z. Wu

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₆H₁₈, was synthesized by a palladium-catalyzed boronic acid cross-coupling reaction. A crystallographic twofold axis passes through the mid-point of the C-C bond connecting the two rings. In the crystal structure, two fairly close C-H(arene) contacts appear to be the only significant intermolecular interactions.

Online 26 April 2006

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