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organic compounds
The title compound, C14H17N3O, prepared from (1R,2S)-(-)-ephedrine, crystallizes in space group P21 with four molecules in the asymmetric unit. The molecules, in pairs, take part in intermolecular N-HN hydrogen bonding between the imidazolyl rings, forming one-dimensional chains with alternating NN distances of 2.866 (3)/2.883 (3) Å and 2.945 (3)/2.956 (3) Å. Interchain Carene-Harene, Carene-HO and Csp3-HC=C interactions generate a three-dimensional network.