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November 2010  

Received 8 October 2010
Accepted 26 October 2010
Online 31 October 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.008 Å
R = 0.078
wR = 0.125
Data-to-parameter ratio = 16.8
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2,3-Dibromo-1-[4-(2,3-dibromo-4,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzyl]-4,5-dimethoxybenzene

aAtatürk University, Department of Chemistry, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey, and bArtvin Çoruh University, Education Faculty, 08100 Artvin, Turkey
Correspondence e-mail: ertan@atauni.edu.tr

The molecule of the title compound, C26H26Br4O6, is located around a crystallographic inversion center. The dihedral angle between the central benzene ring and the outer benzene ring is 89.26 (1)°.

Related literature

For information related to the synthesis of the title compound, see: Ford & Davidson (1993[Ford, P. W. & Davidson, B. S. (1993). J. Org. Chem. 58, 4522-4523.]); Glombitza et al. (1985[Glombitza, K. W., Sukopp, I. & Wiedenfeld, H. (1985). Planta Med. 51, 437-440.]); Akbaba et al. (2010[Akbaba, Y., Balaydin, H. T., Göksu, S., Sahin, E. & Menzek, A. (2010). Helv. Chim. Acta, 93, 1127-1135.]); Balaydin et al. (2009[Balaydin, H. T., Akbaba, Y., Menzek, A., Sahin, E. & Göksu, S. (2009). Arkivoc, 14, 75-87.], 2010[Balaydin, H. T., Gülçin, I., Menzek, A., Göksu, S. & Sahin, E. (2010). J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem. 25, 685-695.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C26H26Br4O6

  • Mr = 754.07

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /n

  • a = 11.193 (5) Å

  • b = 9.645 (4) Å

  • c = 13.212 (5) Å

  • [beta] = 107.125 (5)°

  • V = 1363.1 (10) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 5.94 mm-1

  • T = 293 K

  • 0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 mm

Data collection
  • Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID-S diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (Blessing, 1995[Blessing, R. H. (1995). Acta Cryst. A51, 33-38.]) Tmin = 0.250, Tmax = 0.552

  • 27932 measured reflections

  • 2793 independent reflections

  • 2564 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.080

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.078

  • wR(F2) = 0.125

  • S = 1.45

  • 2793 reflections

  • 166 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.29 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.50 e Å-3

Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2005[Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear. Rigaku/MSC, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.]); cell refinement: CrystalClear; data reduction: CrystalClear; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999[Farrugia, L. J. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 837-838.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: GK2308 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors are indebted to Atatürk University and TÜBITAK (grant No. 107 T348) for financial support.

References

Akbaba, Y., Balaydin, H. T., Göksu, S., Sahin, E. & Menzek, A. (2010). Helv. Chim. Acta, 93, 1127-1135.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Balaydin, H. T., Akbaba, Y., Menzek, A., Sahin, E. & Göksu, S. (2009). Arkivoc, 14, 75-87.
Balaydin, H. T., Gülçin, I., Menzek, A., Göksu, S. & Sahin, E. (2010). J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem. 25, 685-695.  [PubMed]
Blessing, R. H. (1995). Acta Cryst. A51, 33-38.  [CrossRef] [details]
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
Farrugia, L. J. (1999). J. Appl. Cryst. 32, 837-838.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [details]
Ford, P. W. & Davidson, B. S. (1993). J. Org. Chem. 58, 4522-4523.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Glombitza, K. W., Sukopp, I. & Wiedenfeld, H. (1985). Planta Med. 51, 437-440.  [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear. Rigaku/MSC, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o3029  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810043758 ]

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