3-(Diphenylmethylidene)indolin-2-one

Abstract

The title molecule, C21H15NO, has an indoline-2-one and two benzene substituent groups which are arranged in a propeller-like fashion around the central C atom. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 73.32 (16)° and those between the benzene rings and the indoline-2-one group are 76.54 (14) and 67.69 (14)°. In the crystal, there is an intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen-bonding interaction, which links the molecules into chains extending along c.