TY - JOUR
T1 - 2-Biphenylol revisited
AU - Parkin, Sean
AU - Hao, Xiang
AU - Brock, Carolyn Pratt
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - The substantially disordered structure of 2-biphenylol [Perrin et al. (1987). Acta Cryst. C43, 980-982; Kapon & Reisner (1988). Acta Cryst. C44, 2039] has been reinvestigated as a function of temperature. The structure was determined at 305, 294, 145 and 90 K; crystals were taken to the lowest temperature both rapidly and slowly (0.1 K min-1). The results of the previous room-temperature study were confirmed and no important structural change was found down to 90 K. Comparisons with structures known for other simple 2- and 2,2′-substituted biphenyl derivatives suggest that the molecular stacks found for 2-biphenylol are probable for related molecules. The disorder in 2-biphenylol allows the formation of some O-H⋯O bonds, but packing efficiency is a more important factor in this structure than is hydrogen bonding.
AB - The substantially disordered structure of 2-biphenylol [Perrin et al. (1987). Acta Cryst. C43, 980-982; Kapon & Reisner (1988). Acta Cryst. C44, 2039] has been reinvestigated as a function of temperature. The structure was determined at 305, 294, 145 and 90 K; crystals were taken to the lowest temperature both rapidly and slowly (0.1 K min-1). The results of the previous room-temperature study were confirmed and no important structural change was found down to 90 K. Comparisons with structures known for other simple 2- and 2,2′-substituted biphenyl derivatives suggest that the molecular stacks found for 2-biphenylol are probable for related molecules. The disorder in 2-biphenylol allows the formation of some O-H⋯O bonds, but packing efficiency is a more important factor in this structure than is hydrogen bonding.
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U2 - 10.1107/S0108768104003696
DO - 10.1107/S0108768104003696
M3 - Article
C2 - 15017093
AN - SCOPUS:27944495226
SN - 0108-7681
VL - 60
SP - 197
EP - 203
JO - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science
JF - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science
IS - 2
ER -