title: 2-(2,3,5,6-Tetra-fluoro-4-iodo-anilino)-ethanol.
abstract: The reaction of 2-amino-ethanol and iodo-penta-fluoro-benzene in the presence of K(2)CO(3) gave the title compound, C(8)H(6)F(4)INO, in high yield. The structure is characterized by double layers of mol-ecules linked by O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and linear C-I⋯F [I⋯F = 3.049 (2) Å] and bent C-I⋯I [I⋯I = 3.9388 (7) Å] inter-actions between pairs of nearly parallel iodo-tetra-fluoro-phenyl groups. No O⋯I or N⋯I halogen bonding is found.
authors.forename: Pierangelo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Metrangolo
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Tullio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pilati
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Resnati