Reduction of ap-9-(o-isopropylphenyl)-9-fluorenol provided 9-(o-isopropylphenyl) fluorene shown to be the sp and ap rotamers in solution by 1H NMR. Evaporation of the solvent yielded sharp-melting crystals identified by X-ray diffraction as sp-9-(o-isopropylphenyl) fluorene (C22H20) exclusively. A solution of these crystals redissolved in the same solvent again contained the sp and ap rotamers in the same ratio as before. The X-ray structure ...