(1RS,2RS)-N,N'-Bis(4-nitrophenylmethylene)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine: complex sheets built from C-H...O and C-H...pi(arene) hydrogen bonds.
The racemic title compound, C20H20N4O4, crystallizes with Z'=2 in the space group P2(1)/c. Each independent molecule exhibits approximate twofold rotation symmetry, but conformational differences between the molecules preclude any higher symmetry. The molecules are linked into complex sheets by a combination of four C-H...O hydrogen bonds and two C-H...pi(arene) hydrogen bonds.
Glidewell
Christopher
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School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland. cg@st-andrews.ac.uk
Low
John N
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Skakle
Janet M S
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Wardell
James L
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