Swaminathan K, Sethusankar K, Murugan G, Bakthadoss M
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Aug 1;67(Pt 8):o2000. doi: 10.1107/S1600536811025670. Epub 2011 Jul 9.
In the title compound, C(17)H(13)NO(2), the dihedral angle between the benzene and the phenyl ring is 65.92 (7)°. The carbonitrile side chain is almost linear, the C-C-N angle being 175.55 (14)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions.