Acta Crystallographica Section E (Nov 2008)

Bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl) peroxide

  • Wei-Yi Su,
  • Guang-Yang Hou,
  • Qiu-Xiang Yin,
  • Li-Na Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536808033412
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 11
pp. o2128 – o2128

Abstract

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In the crystal structure, the title compound (also called dicumyl peroxide), C18H22O2, lies on a center of symmetry. The COOC plane including the dioxy group makes a dihedral angle of 79.10 (5)° with the phenyl ring. An intermolecular C—H...π interaction is observed between the phenyl groups.