Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o2984  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809045346 ]

2,6-Bis(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one

P. Nithya, F. N. Khan, M. Novanna, V. R. Hathwar and S. W. Ng

Abstract: In the molecule of the title compound, C₂₀H₂₃NO₃, the bulky methoxyphenyl substituents at the equatorial 2,6-positions crowd the vicinity of the equatorial amino H atom and prevent it from forming intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The piperidine ring adopts a distorted chair conformation.

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