%0 Journal Article %T 2-Bromo-1-phenylethanone %A Richard Betz %A Cedric McCleland %A Harold Marchand %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2011 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536811014644 %X The title compound, C8H7BrO, is a halogenated derivative of acetophenone. The molecule shows noncrystallographic Cs symmetry. The intracyclic C¡ªC¡ªC angles cover the range 118.8 (2)¨C120.4 (3)¡ã. In the crystal structure, C¡ªH...O contacts connect the molecules into undulating sheets perpendicular to the crystallographic c axis. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811014644