4,4'-Di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2009 Jul 31;65(Pt 8):o2047. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809029109.

Abstract

In the title compound, C(18)H(24)N(2), the mol-ecular unit adopts a trans conformation around the central C-C bond [N-C-C-N torsion angle of 179.2 (3)°], with the two aromatic rings almost coplanar [dihedral angle of only 0.70 (4)°]. The crystal packing is driven by co-operative contacts involving weak C-H⋯N and C-H⋯π inter-actions, and also the need to fill effectively the available space.