Acta Crystallographica Section E (Dec 2010)

2-Benzoyl-1H-benzimidazole

  • Lin Ai,
  • Xiu-Min Shen,
  • Seik Weng Ng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810045666
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 12
pp. o3164 – o3164

Abstract

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In the title compound, C14H10N2O, the benzoyl ring and benzimidazole ring system are aligned at a dihedral angle of 50.2 (2)°. In the crystal, intermolecular N—H...N hydrogen bonds between adjacent imidazole groups generate supramolecular C(4) chains running along the b axis.