Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jan 2013)

Diphenylmethyl benzoate

  • H. S. Yathirajan,
  • Amanda C. Keeley,
  • Jerry P. Jasinski,
  • Manpreet Kaur,
  • M. S. Siddegowda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600536812050064
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 69, no. 1
pp. o81 – o81

Abstract

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In the title molecule, C20H16O2, the dihedral angle between the phenyl rings of the diphenylmethyl group is 68.3 (2)°. The benzoate group is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.017 (2) Å for the carbonyl O atom, and the two phenyl rings are twisted by 27.5 (4) and 85.6 (9)° from this plane. In the crystal, weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds link molecules along [100].