Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (2,2')-1,1'-[seleno-bis-(4,1-phenyl-ene)]bis-[3-(4-chloro-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one].

In the title com-pound, CHClOSe, the C-Se-C angle is 99.0 (2)°, with the dihedral angle between the planes of the attached benzene rings being 79.1 (3)°. The average endocyclic angles (Se-C-C) facing the Se atom are 122.1 (5) and 122.2 (5)°. The Se atom is essentially coplanar with the attached benzene rings, deviating by 0.075 (1) and 0.091 (1) Å. In the two phenyl-ene(4-chloro-phen-yl)prop-2-en-1-one units, the benzene rings are inclined to each other by 44.6 (3) and 7.8 (3)°. In the crystal, the mol-ecules stack up the axis, forming layers parallel to the plane. There are no significant classical inter-molecular inter-actions present. Hirshfeld surface analysis, two-dimensional fingerprint plots and the mol-ecular electrostatic potential surface were used to analyse the crystal packing. The Hirshfeld surface analysis suggests that the most significant contributions to the crystal packing are by C⋯H/H⋯C contacts (17.7%).