Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o166  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808041573 ]

N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalamide

Z.-Q. Wang, C. Xu, Y.-F. Li, F.-F. Cen and Y.-Q. Zhang

Abstract: The molecule of the title compound, C₁₆H₂₄N₂O₆, which lies on a crystallographic inversion centre in the centre of the benzene ring, adopts an anti conformation in terms of the relative orientation of two amide carbonyl groups. One pair of the 2-hydroxyethyl groups is partially disordered with site occupancy factors of 0.811 (2) and 0.189 (2). The dihedral angle between the amide group and central benzene ring is 67.0 (2)°. Two O-HO and one bifurcated O-H(O,O) hydrogen bonds are present, resulting in a three-dimensional network.

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