title: A triclinic polymorph of benzanilide: disordered molecules form hydrogen-bonded chains.
abstract: In the P-1 polymorph of benzanilide or N-phenylbenzamide, C(13)H(11)NO, the molecules are linked into simple C(4) chains by N-H...O hydrogen bonds. The molecules exhibit orientational disorder, but the donor and acceptor in a given hydrogen bond may occur, independently, in either the major or the minor orientation, such that all four possible N-H.O combinations have very similar geometries. The structure of this P-1 polymorph can be related to that of a previously reported C2/c polymorph.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland.
authors.forename: Katharine F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Bowes
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Janet M S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skakle
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wardell