Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o995  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809012409 ]

4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-6-methoxy-2,2'-bipyridine-5-carbonitrile

P. Ramesh, S. S. Sundaresan, P. Thirumurugan, P. T. Perumal and M. N. Ponnuswamy

Abstract: There are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₁₈H₁₂ClN₃O. The two pyridine rings are almost coplanar [dihedral angles between the rings: 2.87 (15) and 5.36 (16)°] while the chlorophenyl rings are twisted out of the plane of the adjacent bipyridine ring by 44.1 (1) and 43.8 (1)° in the two molecules. The crystal packing is stabilized by C-HN and C-HCl interactions.

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