Conformations of Bridged Diphenyls. II. Crystal Structure of 2-(2′,4′-Dinitrophenoxy)-1,3,5-tri-t-butylbenzene
The structure of 2-(2′,4′-dinitrophenoxy)-1,3,5-tri-t-butylbenzene, C24H32N2O5, has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are triclinic, a = 12.160(30), b = 10.564(17), c = 10.684(16) Å, α = 119.23(10), β = 96.06(15), γ = 96.55(15)°, [Formula: see text] with Z = 2. The intensities of 5359 independent reflections were measured on a four circle diffractometer of which 2471 were used in the refinement to give a final least-squares weighted residue of 0.063. The presence of two electron withdrawing groups on one of the phenyl rings increases the conjugation between the ring and the ether oxygen atom to a greater degree than was found in the previous work. The tri-t-butyl-substituted ring is nearly orthogonal to the other ring. The bond angle at the ether oxygen atom is less than the value found earlier but ring distortions are similar.