4-(2-Benzoyl-ethyl)benzoic acid.

ABSTRACT: The title compound, C(16)H(14)O(3), adopts a conformation in which each functional group is almost coplanar with its adjacent ring, while the two aromatic rings are twisted with respect to one another with a dihedral angle of 78.51 (3)°. The compound dimerizes by standard centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded carboxyl pairing [O⋯O = 2.6218 (11) Å and O-H⋯O = 176 (2)°]. The packing includes two inter-molecular C-H⋯O close contacts with the ketone group.

SUBMITTER: Lalancette RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2962032 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature