Acta Crystallographica Section E (Apr 2012)

3′,4′-Dimethoxybiphenyl-4-carbonitrile

  • Xin-Min Li,
  • Yan-Jun Hou,
  • Peng Mei,
  • Wen-Yi Chu,
  • Zhi-Zhong Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812011464
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 4
pp. o1137 – o1137

Abstract

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The title compound, C15H13NO2, was prepared through a palladium-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction. The dihedral angle between the biphenyl rings is 40.96 (6)°. The methoxy groups are twisted slightly out of the plane of the benzene ring [C—C—C—C torsion angles = −3.61 (18) and 12.6 (2)°]. The packing of the molecules is stabilized by van der Waals interactions.