2,4,6-trifluorobenzonitrile

Abstract

The title compound, C(7)H(2)F(3)N, contains three crystallographically independent molecules in the crystal structure; two of these molecules have symmetry m and the third has symmetry mm. Each independent molecule forms a planar or approximately planar layer with its own kind. There are three different types of interlayer contacts, two of which are similar to each other, while the third is distinctly different. The packing within the layers is similar to that found in 2,5- and 3,6-difluorobenzonitrile, with weak C-H...N interactions holding the molecules in the layers. The remarkable feature of this structure is the presence of more than one type of interlayer interaction.