(E)-Methyl 2-benzyl-3-o-tolyl-acrylate.

ABSTRACT: In the title compound, C(18)H(18)O(2), the methyl acrylate substituent adopts an extended E conformation with all torsion angles close to 180°. The mean plane of the acrylate unit and the phenyl ring are approximately orthogonal to each other, making a dihedral angle of 81.40 (6)°. The position of the carbonyl group with respect to the olefinic double bond is typically S-trans. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions.

SUBMITTER: Karthikeyan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3344426 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature