Abstract The structure of the title compound has been investigated in the solid state and in solution by X-ray and NMR methods, respectively. The crystals are triclinic, space group P¯ 1, with cell dimensions: a= 9.616 (5), b= 9.923 (9), c= 10.21 (1) Å, α= 118.42 (4)°, β= 96.10 (5)°, γ= 94.77 (5)°. The structure was solved by direct methods, and refined against 3051 unique reflections by a full-matrix, least-squares procedure, giving R= 0.049. A twofold ...