title: 3,6-Dibromo-phenanthrene.
abstract: The phenanthrene ring in the title compound, C(14)H(8)Br(2), is approximately planar [maximum deviation = 0.039 (3) Å]. In contrast, the two bromo atoms are displaced slightly from the phenanthrene plane [maximum deviation = 0.1637 (3) Å]. In the crystal, the mol-ecules adopt a herringbone-like arrangement and form face-to-face slipped π-π stacking inter-actions along the b axis, with an inter-planar distance of 3.544 (3) Å and slippage of 1.81 Å. The crystal studied was a racemic twin with a minor twin fraction of 0.390 (10).
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280,  Japan.
authors.forename: Ruri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Chitoshi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase