2-(3-Cyano-4-{7-[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,3-dimethylindolin-2-ylidene]hepta-1,3,5-trienyl}-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-ylidene)malononitrile

Abstract

The title compound, C29H28N4O2, excluding the hydroxyethyl and methyl groups, is slightly twisted from planarity so that the terminating indol-2-ylidene and furan-2-ylidene moiety planes subtend a dihedral angle of 6.27 (8)°. A small inwards fold in the polymethine atom chain is consistent with centrosymmetric dimer formation via O—H...N(cyano) hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, the molecules pack in layers approximately parallel to the (10overline{1}) plane via pairs of O—H...N and C—H...N(cyano) interactions.