Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, o790  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808008672 ]

4-[(E)-Phenyliminomethyl]benzonitrile

M. A. Kashmiri, M. N. Tahir, M. Akhtar, M. Ahmed and A. Hanif Ch

Abstract: In the molecule of the title compound, C₁₄H₁₀N₂, the two aromatic rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 32.22 (6)°. In the crystal structure, intermolecular C-HN hydrogen bonds link the molecules into centrosymmetric R₂²(10) dimers. A weak - interaction between the cyanobenzene rings, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.8447 (3) Å, further stabilizes the crystal structure. There is also a C-H interaction between the aniline ring and a CH group of the cyanobenzene ring.

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