Crystal structure of 2-{(E)-(4-anilinophen­yl)iminium­ylmeth­yl}-5-(di­ethyl­amino)­phenolate

摘要

The title compound, C23H25N3O, crystallized with one single mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit and is present in the zwitterionic form. There is an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond in the mol­ecule with the phenol ring being inclined to the central benzene ring by 20.67 (14)°. The terminal amino­phenyl ring forms a dihedral angle of 54.21 (14)° with the central benzene ring. The two outer aromatic rings are inclined to one another by 74.54 (14)°. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are connected by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, with adjacent molecules related by a 21 screw axis, generating –A–B–A–B– zigzag chains extending along [010]. The chains are linked via C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions [with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.444 (3) Å] between the benzene ring and the imino group of symmetry-related mol­ecules, forming slabs lying parallel to (100).