Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o1164-o1165  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536802017452 ]

N,N'-Bis(2-pyridylethyl)oxamide

A.-W. Xu, H.-X. Zhang, H.-Y. Tan and B.-S. Kang

Abstract: The molecular structure of the title compound, C₁₆H₁₈N₄O₂, adopts the trans conformation, and has an inversion center at the midpoint of the C-C bond in the oxamidate plane. The two phenyl planes are parallel, while the dihedral angle between the oxamidate plane and the phenyl ring is 2.5  (2)°.

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