2,3-Bis[(3-methyl-biphenyl-4-yl)imino]-butane.
The title compound, C30H28N2, is a product of the condensation reaction of 2-methyl-4-phenyl-aniline and butane-2,3-dione. The mol-ecule lies on a crystallographic inversion centre. The C=N bond has an E conformation. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings of the 4-phenyl-2-methyl-phenyl group is 29.19 (76)°. The 1,4-di-aza-butadiene plane makes an angle of 70.1 (10)° with the N-bonded methyl-phenyl ring and an angle of 81.08 (97)° with the terminal phenyl group.
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
Jingjing
J
Chen
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
Jianchao
J
Yuan
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
Jie
J
Zhao
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
Weibing
W
Xu
Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
Yanqiong
Y
Mu