3,4-Diiodo-2,5-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene

The title compound, C₈H₁₂I₂, displays crystallographic twofold symmetry. The two double bonds are not conjugated [torsion angle −78.8 (5)° about the central single bond]. Intermolecular I...I contacts of 4.098 (1) Å connect the molecules into layers parallel to the xy plane.

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