A Study on the crystal structure of Ethyl 2-(2, 4-difluoro phenyl) acetate

The title compound C10H10F2O2 was synthesized by esterification of 2- (2, 4- difluoro phenyl) acetic acid. The synthesized compound was recrystallized by slow Evaporation of the saturated solution of ethanol and single crystal was selected for X-ray Diffraction study. The compound was characterized by 1H NMR. A monoclinic unit cell of C10H10F2O2 was diffracted for X-ray beam of wavelength 0.71073 A, from which we got maximum angle of reflection 24.75° (0.85 A resolution), with R value 0.067 and the dihedral angle between the acetyl group and phenyl ring as 113.4o.