3,6-Dibromo­phenanthrene

The phenanthrene ring in the title compound, C(14)H(8)Br(2), is approximately planar [maximum deviation = 0.039 (3) Å]. In contrast, the two bromo atoms are displaced slightly from the phenanthrene plane [maximum deviation = 0.1637 (3) Å]. In the crystal, the mol­ecules adopt a herringbone-like arrangement and form face-to-face slipped π–π stacking inter­actions along the b axis, with an inter­planar distance of 3.544 (3) Å and slippage of 1.81 Å. The crystal studied was a racemic twin with a minor twin fraction of 0.390 (10).