Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o81
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812050064 ]

Diphenylmethyl benzoate

M. Kaur, J. P. Jasinski, A. C. Keeley, H. S. Yathirajan and M. S. Siddegowda

Abstract: In the title molecule, C₂₀H₁₆O₂, the dihedral angle between the phenyl rings of the diphenylmethyl group is 68.3 (2)°. The benzoate group is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.017 (2) Å for the carbonyl O atom, and the two phenyl rings are twisted by 27.5 (4) and 85.6 (9)° from this plane. In the crystal, weak C-HO hydrogen bonds link molecules along [100].

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