title: Conformation of hydrogen-bonded dimeric o-methyl-substituted benzoic acids.
abstract: Molecules of 2,4-dimethylbenzoic acid, C(9)H(10)O(2), form typical centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded dimers. The carboxyl group is twisted with respect to the benzene ring and the methyl group in the ortho position shows evasive in-plane splaying. The relation between the in-plane splaying and the twist angle of the carboxyl group for various ortho-substituted dimeric derivatives of benzoic acid is presented. It shows how the steric strains are released depending on the numbers and positions of the substituents.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gliński
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilczkowska
authors.forename: Izabela D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Madura
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zachara