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. 2010 Nov 13;66(Pt 12):o3164.
doi: 10.1107/S1600536810045666.

2-Benzoyl-1H-benzimidazole

Lin Ai, Xiu-Min Shen, Seik Weng Ng

2-Benzoyl-1H-benzimidazole

Lin Ai et al. Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. .

Abstract

In the title compound, C(14)H(10)N(2)O, the benzoyl ring and benzimidazole ring system are aligned at a dihedral angle of 50.2 (2)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds between adjacent imidazole groups generate supra-molecular C(4) chains running along the b axis.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Thermal ellipsoid plot (Barbour, 2001) of C14H11N2O at the 50% probability level; hydrogen atoms are drawn as spheres of arbitrary radius.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Hydrogen-bonded chain structure.
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