title: 4,4'-Bis(4-iodophenylaminomethyl)azoxybenzene: hydrogen-bonded sheets built from C--H.O and C--H...pi(arene) hydrogen bonds.
abstract: Borohydride reduction of N-(4-nitrobenzylidene)-4-iodoaniline has yielded the title compound, 1,2-bis[4-(4-iodophenylaminomethyl)phenyl]diazene 1-oxide, C(26)H(22)I(2)N(4)O. The molecules lie across centres of inversion in P2(1)/c, with the azoxy O atom disordered over two sites, each having an occupancy of 0.5. The molecules are linked into sheets by a combination of C-H.O and C-H.pi(arene) hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland. cg@st-andrews.ac.uk
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