(2RS)-5,6:7,8-Dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ol.
The racemic form of the title secondary monoalcohol, C(16)H(14)O, forms crystals in which the molecules are linked into chains by hydrogen bonding. The chain architecture is unusual; adjacent molecules are related pseudosymmetrically, by either a pseudo-diad or a pseudo-glide plane, while alternate molecules are related exactly by a crystallographic glide plane.
Muir
Kenneth W
KW
Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland. ken@chem.gla.ac.uk
Morris
David G
DG
Ryder
Karl S
KS