Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o553  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809004905 ]

(E)-4-Bromo-N-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)aniline

A. D. Khalaji and J. Simpson

Abstract: The title Schiff base compound, C₁₅H₁₄BrNO₂, adopts an E configuration with respect to the C=N bond. The C and O atoms of the two methoxy substituents lie very close to the dimethoxyphenyl ring plane [maximum deviation = 0.17 (1) Å]. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 43.69 (16)°, while the plane through the central C-C=N-C system is inclined at 10.6 (6)° to the dimethoxyphenyl ring and 34.6 (3)° to the bromophenyl ring. In the crystal structure, each molecule is involved in the formation of two inversion-related dimers through weak C-HN and C-HO interactions, respectively. These contacts link the molecules into independent rows parallel to the b axis.

Online 21 February 2009

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