Crystal structure of ethyl 4-[(4-methyl-benz-yl)-oxy]benzoate

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2022 Sep 30;78(Pt 10):1077-1080. doi: 10.1107/S2056989022009380. eCollection 2022 Oct 1.

Abstract

The title compound, C17H18O3, crystallizes with three mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The mol-ecules differ in the conformation related to the eth-oxy group and in the orientation of the two phenyl rings, one of which has the eth-oxy group disordered over two positions with refined occupancies of 0.735:0.265 (9). In the crystal packing, the mol-ecules are connected by weak C-H⋯π inter-actions.

Keywords: conformational flexibility; crystal structure; ester; ether.

Grants and funding

Funding for this research was provided by: University Grants Commission Bangladesh.