The title compound, C~13~H~15~BrO~3~, was synthesized by the reaction of ethyl 3-(2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl)propanoate with bromine. The benzofuran system is planar and subtends an angle of 87.27 (9)° with the propanoate unit.
Ethyl (E)-3-(2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl)prop-2-enoate
✍ Scribed by Liu, Xiujie ;Wang, Wei ;Zhu, Guangshan ;Qiu, Shilun
- Publisher
- International Union of Crystallography
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1600-5368
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