title: 2-Phenyl-acetic acid-(E,E)-4,4'-(hydra-zinediylidene)dipyridine (2/1).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title co-crystal, C(12)H(10)N(4)·2C(8)H(8)O(2), comprises a single mol-ecule of 2-phenyl-acetic acid and half a mol-ecule of 4-pyridine-aldazine as this is situated about a centre of inversion. Mol-ecules are connected into a three component aggregate via O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. As the carb-oxy-lic acid group is almost normal to the plane through the benzene ring to which it is attached [C-C-C-C = 93.7 (3) °], and the 4-pyridine-aldazine mol-ecule is planar (r.m.s. deviation of the 16 non-H atoms = 0.010 Å), the overall shape of the aggregate is that of an extended chair. In the crystal packing, layers of three component aggregates stack along the c axis.
authors.forename: Hadi D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Arman
authors.forename: Trupta
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authors.lastname: Kaulgud
authors.forename: Edward R T
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authors.lastname: Tiekink