3-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-chloro-8-methyl-quinoline

Abstract

Two independent mol-ecules of the title compound, C(17)H(12)ClN(3), are present in the structure. The angle between the planes defined by the atoms of the benzimidazole unit and the quinoline unit are 45.2 (3) and 44.0 (3)°, indicating an essentially identical conformation for both mol-ecules. Each of the independent mol-ecules is linked with a symmetry equivalent by an inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bond involving the two benzimidazole N atoms, to form chains in the crystallographic c direction.

Fig. 1.

Thermal ellipsoid representation of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids plotted at 50% probability level. Only one of the two independent molecules is shown.

Fig. 2.

Ball and stick representation of the hydrogen bond connected chain along the c direction. Hydrogen atoms not involved in hydrogen bonds (dashed lines) have been omitted. Each of the two independent molecules forms such an assembly, the analogous chain of the second molecule is not depicted.

Fig. 3.

Enhanced figure of both independent molecules of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids plotted at 50% probability level.