1,2,3-Trifluorobenzene

Abstract

In the title compound, C6H3F3, weak electrostatic and dispersive forces between C(δ+)—F(δ−) and H(δ+)—C(δ−) groups are at the borderline of the hydrogen-bond phenomenon and are poorly directional and further deformed in the presence of π–π stacking interactions. The molecule lies on a twofold rotation axis. In the crystal structure, one-dimensional tapes are formed via two antidromic C—H...F hydrogen bonds. These tapes are, in turn, connected into corrugated two-dimensional sheets by bifurcated C—H...F hydrogen bonds. Packing in the third dimension is furnished by π–π stacking interactions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.6362 (14) Å.