title: (E)-Methyl 2-benzyl-3-o-tolyl-acrylate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(18)H(18)O(2), the methyl acrylate substituent adopts an extended E conformation with all torsion angles close to 180°. The mean plane of the acrylate unit and the phenyl ring are approximately orthogonal to each other, making a dihedral angle of 81.40 (6)°. The position of the carbonyl group with respect to the olefinic double bond is typically S-trans. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions.
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authors.lastname: Karthikeyan
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authors.lastname: Sethusankar
authors.forename: Anthonisamy
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authors.lastname: Devaraj
authors.forename: Manickam
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authors.lastname: Bakthadoss