“…The C(1)-C(I') bond distance, 1.477 (8) A, is almost identical with that calculated theoretically, 1.479 A, for non-coplanar biphenyl (Dewar & Harget, 1970), and is not significantly different from the 1.489 A (being within 23) determined by X-ray analysis for 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl (Romming et al, 1974). It should be pointed out that Dewar & Schmeising (1968) suggest 1.485 A as the length of a single bond between two sp 2-hybridized C atoms, which is within one e.s.d, of the value found in this work. The C-CI bond distances range from 1.720 (7) to 1.783 (7) A with a mean value of 1.730 A, which is within 20 of that found for decachlorobiphenyl, 1.718 A (Pedersen, 1975), and for hexachlorobenzene, 1.715 (2) A (Brown & Strydom, 1974).…”