The structure of the title compound, 1,3-diphenyl-2-benzofuran, C20H14O, exhibits a distinct alternation of short [mean 1.361 (3) Å] and long [mean 1.431 (3) Å] C - C bonds around the benzofuran ring system, indicating a predominantly polyene character. Over 60 Diels-Alder adducts of this commercially available furan have been structurally characterized, but this is the first report of the structure of the parent compound.
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Boeré, R. T., Dibble, P. W., & Fischer, K. E. (2008). 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran. Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 64(4). https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536808006016
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