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. 2010 Mar 10;66(Pt 4):o785.
doi: 10.1107/S160053681000824X.

(Methyl-enedinitrilo)tetra-acetonitrile

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(Methyl-enedinitrilo)tetra-acetonitrile

Xiang-Hua Song et al. Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. .

Abstract

The mol-ecular structure of the title compound, C(9)H(10)N(6), exhibits four cyano-methyl groups around a central N-CH(2)-N unit. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are connected via inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Molecular structure of the title compound showing the atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Packing diagram for (I). C—H···N hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed lines.

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