The triclinic modification of
para-n-hexyloxybenzoic acid is studied using X-ray diffraction analysis (Mo
K
α radiation) at 120 K. The crystallographic parameters of the compound are as follows: space group,
P[`1]P\overline 1
a = 7.8854(4) Å,
b = 14.3021(7) Å,
c = 33.0513(16) Å, α = 88.738(1)°, β = 85.701(1)°, γ = 78.331(1)°, and
Z = 12. The asymmetric unit of the crystal contains six molecules of the acid with different orientations of the aliphatic
chain. In the crystal, the molecules are joined into dimers by hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl groups. The crystal packing
is built on the principle of the separation of aromatic and aliphatic regions.
Original Russian Text © A.N. Kochetov, L.G. Kuz’mina, A.V. Churakov, N.S. Rukk, S.M. Pestov, 2006, published in Kristallografiya,
2006, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 59–65.