title: 4-(3-phenanthryl)butanoic acid.
abstract: The title compound, C18H16O2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P2(1)/a. The single type of carboxylic hydrogen bond forms cyclic dimers about centers of symmetry. The carboxylic H atom is ordered as are the carboxylic O atoms. This structure comprises double layers of aromatic rings in a herring-bone array separated by double layers of hydrogen-bonded aliphatic strings and is a very close analog of the structures of 4-(2-naphthyl)butanoic acid and other terminally arylsubstituted n-aliphatic carboxylic acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. gerkin@chemistry.ohio-state.edu
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gerkin
mesh_terms: D002087:Butyrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008961:Models, Structural; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C108890:4-(3-phenanthryl)butanoic acid