4,5-Bis(2,4-di-tert-butyl-phen-oxy)phthalonitrile.

In the title compound, C(36)H(44)N(2)O(2), the dihedral angles between the phthalonitrile ring and the two di-tert-butyl-benzene rings are 68.134 (8) and 70.637 (11)°.

2',3,4,4',5-Penta-meth-oxy-chalcone.

In the title chalcone [systemetic name 1-(2,4-dimeth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-(3,4,5-trimeth-oxy-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one], C(20)H(22)O(6), the dihedral angle between the plane of the two benzene rings is 7.03 (4)° with all but one of the meth-oxy groups essentially co-planar with these rings [C-C-O-C torsion angles = -76.1 (2), -0.

Racemic tricarbonyl[(4a,5,6,7,8,8a-η)-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran]chromium(0).

The title compound, [Cr(C(15)H(14)O)(CO)(3)], displays a distorted envelope configuration of the dihydro-pyrane ring. The dihedral angle between the phenyl and phenyl-ene rings is 50.63 (4)°.

Racemic tricarbon-yl(η-7-meth-oxy-flavan)chromium(0).

IN THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: tricarbonyl(η(6)-7-methoxy-2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran)chromium(0)], [Cr(C(16)H(16)O(2))(CO)(3)], the Cr(CO)(3) unit is coordinated by the phenyl-ene ring of the flavan ligand, exhibiting a three-legged piano-stool conformation, with a point to plane distance of 1.750 (1) Å. The phenyl ring is twisted away from the fused ring system by 36.

2',3,4,4'-Tetra-meth-oxy-chalcone.

IN THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 1-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one], C(19)H(20)O(5), the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 26.88 (5)°. One of the meth-oxy groups is twisted slightly away from the plane [C-O-C-C torsion angle = -12.

Tricarbon-yl(η-flavone)chromium(0).

In the title compound, [Cr(C(15)H(10)O(2))(CO)(3)], the Cr(CO)(3) unit exhibits a three-legged piano-stool conformation. The chromium metal centre is coordinated by the phenyl ring of the flavone ligand [Cr-(phenyl centroid) distance = 1.709 (1) Å].

Tricarbon-yl(η-4',7-dimethoxy-iso-flavone)chromium(0).

The metal atom of the Cr(CO)(3) unit of the title compound, [Cr(C(17)H(14)O(4))(CO)(3)], is coordinated to the methoxy-phenyl ring of the isoflavone ligand; the Cr(CO)(3) unit exhibits a three-legged piano-stool conformation. The aromatic ring of the methoxy-phenyl group is twisted by 42.49 (9)° with respect to the γ-pyrone ring.