title: Bis[4-(chloro-acet-yl)phenyl] ether.
abstract: The title compound, C(16)H(12)Cl(2)O(3), crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angles between the planes of the benzene rings in the two independent mol-ecules are 68.65 (2) and 68.47 (3)°. The short distance of 3.899 (5) Å between the centroids of the benzene rings of neighbouring mol-ecules indicate π-π inter-actions. The crystal structure is stabilized by a network of intermolecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fan-Lei
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Liang-Zhong
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Xu