The title compound (1), a symmetrically substituted acyclic anhydride, is shown to crystallise in the monoclinic space group P21/n with a= 4.7032 (1) Å, b= 17.8748 (6) Å, c= 15.6869 (5) Å, β= 98.3980 (17)° and V= 1304.64 (7) Å3. There are four molecules in the unit cell. Bond lengths and angles of 1 are comparable to the limited number of benzoic anhydride crystal structures that have been previously disclosed. Compound 1 adapts a syn-conformation in ...
