Dimethyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-phenyl-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxyl-ate.
In the title compound, C(17)H(17)NO(4), the dihedral angle between the benzene and pyridine rings is 75.51 (4)°. The benzene and pyridine rings are both approximately planar (r.m.s. deviations of 0.0040 and 0.0083 Å, respectively), indicating that the pyridine N atom is not protonated. The crystal structure is stabilized by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O and C-H⋯N inter-actions.
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Theunis J
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Muller
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