C-H⋯π packing inter-actions in 2-[5,5-bis-(4-benzyl-oxyphen-yl)-3-cyano-4-methyl-2,5-dihydro-furan-2-yl-idene]malononitrile

Graeme J Gainsford; Jack Anderson; M Delower H Bhuiyan; Andrew J Kay

doi:10.1107/S1600536811043480

C-H⋯π packing inter-actions in 2-[5,5-bis-(4-benzyl-oxyphen-yl)-3-cyano-4-methyl-2,5-dihydro-furan-2-yl-idene]malononitrile

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Nov;67(Pt 11):o3046-7. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811043480. Epub 2011 Oct 29.

Authors

Graeme J Gainsford¹, Jack Anderson, M Delower H Bhuiyan, Andrew J Kay

Affiliation

¹ Industrial Research Limited, PO Box 31-310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Abstract

The title mol-ecule, C(35)H(25)N(3)O(3), packs utilizing C-H⋯π attractive inter-actions causing the identical 4-benzyl-oxyphenyl groups to pack with different conformational angles. This difference is consistent with the variable inter-planar dihedral angles found in closely related structures.