(E)-2-[(2-Ethyl-phen-yl)Imino-methyl]-6-Methoxy-Phenol

Abstract

The molecule of the title compound, C<inf>16</inf>H<inf>17</inf>NO <inf>2</inf>, adopts the phenol-imine tautomeric form with a strong intra-molecular O - H⋯N hydrogen bond and an E conformation with respect to the azomethine C=N bond. The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 21.23 (9)°. The ethyl group is disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.598 (6) and 0.402 (6). In the crystal, the molecules are linked into chains along the b axis by C - H⋯π interactions.