The title compound, C 18 H 18 N 4 , lies on an inversion center. The benzimidazolyl moiety is essentially planar. Intermolecular NÐHÁ Á ÁN hydrogen bonds give rise to an in®nite helical chain structure, with the chains stacked by CÐHÁ Á Á% and %Á Á Á% interactions.
Bis(benzimidazol-2-yl)methane
✍ Scribed by Duan, Gui-Yun ;Sun, Ya-Wei ;Liu, Jun-Zhi ;Wang, Jian-Wu
- Publisher
- International Union of Crystallography
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1600-5368
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✦ Synopsis
In the title molecule, C 15 H 12 N 4 , the two essentially planar benzimidazolyl moieties make a dihedral angle of 63.53 (2) . Intermolecular N-HÁ Á ÁN hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal packing.
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