1,4-Bis[(2-pyridyl-eth-yl)imino-meth-yl]benzene

Abstract

In the title compound, C(22)H(22)N(4), the centroid of the benzene ring is located on an inversion centre. The dihedral angle between the benzene and pyridine rings is 10.94 (5)°. The crystal structure displays weak inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonding and C-H⋯π inter-actions.

Fig. 1.

Molecular structure of titled compound showing the atomic numbering scheme. All non-hydrogen atoms were presented with ellipsoidal model with probability level 40%. Half of the molecule without atomic labels was generated via centre of symmetry (symmetry code: -x, -y, -z).

Fig. 2.

Projection viewed along [100] showing 3-D herringbone packing. Only the hydrogen atoms that invloved in C—H···N and C—H···π intermolecular interactions (see the list in Table 1) are shown and labelled. The red dotted lines represent the weak interactions.