G. Ferguson et al., STRUCTURE OF 2,2,6,6-TETRAMETHYL-4-OXAHEPTANEDINITRILE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 50, 1994, pp. 77-78
The title molecule, C10H16N2O (1), has approximate mirror symmetry wit
h the main chain fully extended. The main torsion angles defining the
molecular conformation are O-C(sp3)-C(sp3)-C(sp) 58.9(4) and -60.5(4)-
degrees. The mean principal dimensions include N = Cp 1. 1 3 (1), C(sp
)-C(sp3) 1.46 (1) and C(sp3)-O 1.410 (6) angstrom. The two nitrile gro
ups are oriented cis to one another [N = C(sp) ... C(sp) = N 4.4 (5)-d
egrees] and the intramolecular N ... N separation is 4.70 (1) angstrom
.