2,2-Dichloro-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethanone

The molecule of the title compound, C9H8Cl2O, is almost planar: the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the plane defined by the carbonyl O and ethane C atoms is 15.5 (2)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ping-An Wang, Jun-Ping Gao, Peng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-02-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811000134