X-Ray Crystal and Computational Structural Study of (E)-2 Phenyl)-Iminometh

Abstract

In the mol-ecule of the title compound, C14H12ClNO, the two aromatic rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 12.28 (7)°. An intra-molecular O - H⋯N hydrogen bond results in the formation of a nearly planar six-membered ring, which is oriented with respect to the aromatic rings at dihedral angles of 0.18 (5) and 12.10 (6)°. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains along the c axis. There is a C - H⋯π contact between the methyl group and the chloro-phenyl ring and a π-π contact between the two benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.866 (1) Å].