meso-1,2-bis(methylazo)-1,2-diphenylethane.
The title compound, meso-1,2-bis(methyldiazenyl)-1,2-diphenylethane, C16H18N4, is arranged in a disordered manner around an inversion point. The N-N atom distances in the azo group of 1.192 (8) and 1.195 (8) A, and the C-C atom distances in the ethylene moiety at 1.512 (8) and 1.503 (8) A in the two models [refined to 51.7 (6) and 48.3 (6)% occupancies] were not significantly different.
Bayse
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Carpenter
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Luck
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