Open Access( RS )‐Benzyl mandelate
Author(s) -
Mughal Robila K.,
Pritchard Robin G.,
Davey Roger J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section e
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1600-5368
DOI - 10.1107/s1600536804025024
Subject(s) - mandelic acid , benzyl alcohol , crystallization , hydrogen bond , intermolecular force , chemistry , chirality (physics) , alcohol , crystallography , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , molecule , chiral symmetry , physics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
A benzyl ester of mandelic acid, C 15 H 14 O 3 , was obtained by the crystallization of racemic mandelic acid from benzyl alcohol followed by vacuum drying at 363 K. The structure is composed of two hydrogen‐bonded chains of S or R configuration, running along the shortest crystallographic b axis. There is one molecule in the asymmetric unit and each molecule forms four intermolecular hydrogen bonds with two other molecules of the same chirality.