2,3,5,6-Tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)terephthaloyl difluoride, C12F14O2, c
rystallizes in space group Fddd, which requires the molecule to have 2
22 symmetry. This is achieved by disordering the F, O and C atoms of t
he acyl halide group. The bulky CF3 groups cause a slight distortion f
rom planarity of the six-membered ring and they are forced out of copl
anarity with the ring. The plane of the -(C=O)-F group is rotated 62 d
egrees from the plane of the phenyl ring.