An Intermediate in the Synthesis of Formoterol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270193009473

In the title compound, 4-benzyloxy-3-nitrophenacyl bromide, C15H12BrNO4, the two planar nitrophenyl and benzyloxy groups are inclined at a dihedral angle of 17.1(1) deg.The NO2 group is twisted out of the plane of the phenyl ring by 20.4(3) deg to minimize steric hindrance between O(4) and O(3); the O(4)...O(3) separation is 2.600(5) Angstroem and the angle O(4)...O(3)-N(1) is 88.2(4) deg.