Molecular Structures of Di(9-anthryl)Methanol and Di(9-anthryl) Ketone
The molecular structures of di(9-anthryl)methanol (1) and di(9-anthryl) ketone (2) have been established by X-ray diffraction. The asymmetric unit of di(anthryl)methanol consists of two molecules in which the dihedral angle between the anthracene moieties is 81.4 and 86.3 respectively; steric interaction between the anthracene moieties results in them subtending angles of 115.0(7) and 115.8(8)� at the central carbon atom, and with unsymmetrical exocyclic angles at their point of attachment. In di(9-anthryl) ketone the planes of the anthracene systems are twisted out of the plane of the carbonyl group by 48.8 and 52.2� respectively, so that the dihedral angle between the two aromatic ring systems is 87.3�. The structures of di(anthryl)methanol and di(anthryl) ketone are discussed with respect to their different modes of photochemical isomerization by intramolecular cycloaddition.