2,5-Bis(4-methylphenyl)-4-oxopentanoic acid

The title compound, C19H20O3, was obtained from 1,4-bis(4-methylphenyl)but-3-yn-2-one in the presence of carbon monoxide by Ni(CN)2 catalysis in a basic aqueous medium. Intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of hydrogen-bonded carboxylic acid dimers [graph-set moti...

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Main Authors: Yong Hou, Xiaomei Zhuang, Jun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2010-10-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536810037323