Tetradecanamide, NI-I~.CO(CH2)12CH~, crystallizes in the monoclinic system with a 0 ----9-83±0.03,b 0 = 5.61±0.03,c o ----27-98±0.03/~, fl ----95.1°±0.5 °, and space group P21/a.The unit cell conrains 4 molecules.The structure has been determined by means of two-dimensional projections.The molecules were found to occur in the crystal as dimers, packed into rows extending in the b direction, with the paraffin chains inclined to 46 ° 40' from the b axis.The paraffin chains of adjacent rows are oppositely inclined, forming a crossed-chain structure.
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Turner et al. (1955) studied this question.