Acta Crystallographica Section E (May 2008)

2-[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)ethyliminiomethyl]-4-nitrophenolate

  • Seik Weng Ng,
  • M. Razali Rizal,
  • M. I. Mohamed Mustafa,
  • Hapipah M. Ali

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536808011185
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 5
pp. o913 – o913

Abstract

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The title Schiff base, C17H15N3O3, exists in the zwitterionic form with the phenol H atom transferred to the imine group. Adjacent zwitterions are linked into a linear chain running along the a axis by an indole–hydroxy N—H...O hydrogen bond [3.100 (2) Å].