Acta Crystallographica Section E (Nov 2011)
2-Methyl-1-phenyl-1H-indole-3-carbonitrile
Abstract
In the title compound, C16H12N2, the dihedral angle between the indole ring system and the pendant phenyl ring is 64.92 (5)°. The crystal packing features aromatic π–π stacking [centroid–centroid separation = 3.9504 (9) Å] and C—H...π interactions.