Polysulfonylamines. LXXXIX. N,N-Bis(methylsulfonyl)benzylamine

The two independent molecules of the title compound, C₉H₁₃NO₄S₂, are inverted with respect to each other but otherwise closely similar; unusually, a racemate thus crystallizes in a chiral space group (P2₁2₁2₁ with Z = 8). As is normal for compounds R—N(SO₂CH₃)₂, the C—N bonds [both 1.493 (3) Å] are lengthened with respect to standard values for acyclic amides. The independent molecules are linked into two independent chains by C—H...O hydrogen bonding.

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