Bats Jan W, Miculka Christian, Noe Christian R
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Acta Crystallogr C. 2007 Mar;63(Pt 3):o190-2. doi: 10.1107/S0108270107004830. Epub 2007 Feb 17.
The title compound, C(21)H(28)O(8), crystallizes with two independent molecules, each with a crystallographic twofold axis passing through the central CH(2) group. The two molecules have different orientations of the terminal benzyl groups. The average C-O bond length in the polyoxymethylene helix, corrected for librational motion, is 1.419 A. The molecules are connected into layers by intermolecular C-H...O and C-H...pi(phenyl) interactions.