2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-3-methyl-1H-indole

The indole N—H hydrogen in the title compound, C15H12FN, does not display classical hydrogen bonding. Rather it forms an interaction with the π system of an adjacent indole, resulting in weakly interacting chains along the [001] direction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David B. Cordes, Guoxiong Hua, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, J. Derek Woollins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-07-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811021325