1. 1,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)anthracene.
- Author
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Aumiller WD and Gerkin RE
- Subjects
- Chemical Phenomena, Chemistry, Physical, Crystallography, X-Ray, Hydrogen Bonding, Methanol chemistry, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Anthracenes chemistry, Methanol analogs & derivatives
- Abstract
Anthracene-1,8-dimethanol, C16H14O2, crystallized in the centrosymmetric space group P21/n. The anthracene core is nearly planar and shows good agreement with the anthracene core of anthracene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid. The geometric disposition of the hydroxymethyl groups and the values of the hydrogen-bond parameters are strikingly similar to those in the naphthalene analog. As in that structure, each hydroxyl group participates both as a donor and acceptor in an infinite zigzag chain of hydrogen bonds which propagates along the [010] direction. Moreover, the disposition of the entire molecule in the cell of the present compound is also strikingly similar to that of the naphthalene analog in its cell.
- Published
- 1997
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