Crystal structure of 1,2-bis-(3,5-di-fluoro-phen-yl)ethane-1,2-dione

Loren C Brown; Gary J Balaich

doi:10.1107/S2056989021005363

Crystal structure of 1,2-bis-(3,5-di-fluoro-phen-yl)ethane-1,2-dione

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2021 Jun 8;77(Pt 7):700-702. doi: 10.1107/S2056989021005363. eCollection 2021 Jul 1.

Authors

Loren C Brown¹, Gary J Balaich¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry & Chemistry Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, USA.

Abstract

The title compound, C₁₄H₆F₄O₂, crystallizes with half of a mol-ecule per asymmetric unit and exhibits bond lengths and angles typical of α-diketones. A network of C-H⋯F contacts and π-π stacking inter-actions is observed within the structure.

Keywords: C—H⋯F interactions; crystal structure; diketone.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research; National Research Council.