Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications (Jul 2021)

Crystal structure, Hirshfeld and electronic transition analysis of 2-[(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]benzoic acid

  • Arif Ali,
  • Mohd Muslim,
  • Saima Kamaal,
  • Adeeba Ahmed,
  • Musheer Ahmad,
  • M. Shahid,
  • Jamal A. Khan,
  • Necmi Dege,
  • Saleem Javed,
  • Ashraf Mashrai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021006435
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 77, no. 7
pp. 755 – 758

Abstract

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In the title compound, C15H12N2O2, the benzimidazole ring system is inclined to the benzene ring by 78.04 (10)°. The crystal structure features O—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonding and C—H...π and π–π interactions, which were investigated using Hirshfeld surface analysis.

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