Benzilic acid: a monoclinic polymorph
The title compound, C<sub>14</sub>H<sub>12</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, is an α-hy-droxy-carb-oxy-lic acid whose ortho-rhom-bic polymorph has been reported earlier [Qiu <i>et al.</i> (2007 ▸). <i>Inorg. Chim. Acta</i>, <b>360</b>, 1819-1824]. The asymmetric unit contains two complete mol-ecules. Classical hydrogen bonds, as well as C-H⋯O contacts, connect the mol-ecules to infinite chains along the crystallographic <i>c-</i>axis direction.
Authors
- Eric C. Hosten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4173-2550)
- Richard Betz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-2152)
- Petrus Prinsloo
Institutions
- Nelson Mandela University (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IUCrData
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s2414314624010393
- Primary Topic
- Crystal structures of chemical compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00