page_title: Hexaphenylbenzene
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Hexaphenylbenzene / Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Structure of hexaphenylbenzene. Coordinates used to generate this molecule from (1968). "The crystal structure of a modification of hexaphenylbenzene". Acta Crystallographica, Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry 24 (10): 1277. DOI:10.1107/S0567740868004176. are as follows: c(1) 2.533 8.451 1.323 c(2) 2.603 9.383 0.277 c(3) 2.495 8.942 -1.047 c(4) 2.306 7.604 -1.325 c(5) 2.176 6.655 -0.306 c(6) 2.268 7.097 1.052 C(1A) 2.742 8.889 2.751 C(2A) 1.838 9.687 3.412 C(3A) 2.102 10.063 4.750 C(4A) 3.269 9.617 5.382 C(5A) 4.161 8.836 4.704 C(6A) 3.904 8.452 3.388 C(1B) 2.823 10.819 0.588 C(2B) 1.742 11.717 0.319 C(3B) 1.984 13.120 0.677 C(4B) 3.193 13.492 1.262 C(5B) 4.248 12.573 1.478 C(6B) 4.027 11.235 1.152 C(1C) 2.584 9.935 -2.184 C(2C) 1.474 10.144 -3.015 C(3C) 1.542 11.054 -4.049 C(4C) 2.705 11.819 -4.250 C(5C) 3.808 11.627 -3.407 C(6C) 3.748 10.684 -2.375 C(1D) 2.350 7.138 -2.783 C(2D) 1.187 6.717 -3.412 C(3D) 1.208 6.361 -4.771 C(4D) 2.425 6.464 -5.456 C(5D) 3.635 6.853 -4.804 C(6D) 3.568 7.200 -3.465 C(1E) 1.930 5.231 -0.591 C(2E) 0.714 4.639 -0.225 C(3E) 0.487 3.295 -0.489 C(4E) 1.437 2.528 -1.125 C(5E) 2.671 3.088 -1.480 C(6E) 2.916 4.455 -1.215 C(1F) 2.046 6.128 2.152 C(2F) 0.940 6.275 2.990 C(3F) 0.692 5.368 4.018 C(4F) 1.616 4.307 4.243 C(5F) 2.754 4.191 3.427 C(6F) 2.951 5.081 2.373
context_page_description: Hexaphenylbenzene is an aromatic compound composed of a benzene ring substituted with six phenyl rings. It is a colorless solid. The compound is the parent member of a wider class of hexaarylbenzenes, which are mainly of theoretical interest.
context_section_description: The stable conformation of this molecule has the phenyl rings rotated out of the plane of the central benzene ring. The molecule adopts a propeller-like conformation in which the phenyl rings are rotated about 65°, while in the gas phase, they are perpendicular with some slight oscillations.
caption: Perspective view of the crystal structure of hexaphenylbenzene, showing the rotation of the phenyl rings. Hydrogen atoms have been omitted for clarity.[4]
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