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organic compounds
The title compound, C27H18N2O2, was prepared from the reaction of the ambidentate anion of 2-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophthalazine-1,4-dione with 9-bromofluorene. The phthalazinone ring is nearly planar, edge-to-face aromatic-aromatic geometry is observed, and the fluorenyl moiety is nearly perpendicular to the phenyl ring [88.15 (9)°].