Acta Crystallographica Section E

Structure Reports Online

Volume 63, Part 1 (January 2007)

organic compounds

hg2150 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, o197-o199 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806052202 ]

Methyl 4-chloro-3,5-di-p-tolyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate dichloromethane hemisolvate

M. G. Gardiner, R. C. Jones, S. Ng and J. A. Smith

Abstract: The structure of the title compound, C₂₀H₁₈ClNO₂·0.5CH₂Cl₂, at 173 K is described. There is one crystallographically distinct molecule which forms centrosymmetric dimers through N-HO hydrogen bonding. The dichloromethane solvent molecule is disordered across an inversion centre.