4,4′-(Anthracene-9,10-diyl)dibenzoic acid dimethylformamide disolvate

Abstract

In the title compound, C28H18O4·2C3H7NO, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings and the anthracene system is 74.05 (12)°. A crystallographic inversion centre is located in the middle of the anthracene unit. The dimethylformamide solvent molecules are partially disordered over two positions of approximately equal occupancy [0.529 (6):0.471 (6)]. Intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds with the major occupancy formamide O atom as acceptor result in the formation of 2:1 solvate–complex aggregates, which are alternately linked to shorter solvate unitsviaweak intermolecular C—H...O contacts generated from the rotational disorder of the formamide O atom (minor occupancy component). Weak C—H...π interactions between the solvent molecules as the donor and the outer anthracene rings support these contacts in the crystal structure for both disorder components.