2,3,3′,4′-Tetramethylbiphenyl

Abstract

2,3,3′,4′-Tetra­methyl­biphen­yl, C16H18, was synthesized in a palladium-catalysed boronic acid cross-coupling reaction. In the solid state, these weakly inter­acting unsymmetrical mol­ecules show an apparent dimerization of the ortho-dimethyl­phen­yl groups, a packing motif that is seen in a significant number of other ortho-dimethyl­phen­yl-containing compounds.