(E)-N-(Anthracen-9-ylmethylidene)-4-nitroaniline

• Main Authors: S. Murugavel, R. Savitha, D. Lakshmanan, D. K. Andrew Prasanna Kumar, K. Geetha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-10-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811035859
• ISSN: 1600-5368

In the title molecule, C21H14N2O2, the anthracenyl system is approximately planar [maximum deviation = 0.056 (4) Å] and is oriented at a dihedral angle of 73.6 (1)° with respect to the benzene ring. An intramolecular C—H...N hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring motif. The crystal packing is stabilized by C—H...π and π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distances of 3.688 (2), 3.656 (1) and 3.716 (2) Å].