ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.76, ss.1122-1130, 2020 (ESCI)
In the tile compound, C17H17Cl2N3, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 62.73 (9)degrees. In the crystal, there are no classical hydrogen bonds. Molecules are linked by a pair of C-Cl center dot center dot center dot pi interactions, forming an inversion dimer. A short intermolecular HL center dot center dot center dot HL contact [Cl center dot center dot center dot Cl = 3.2555 (9) angstrom] links the dimers, forming a ribbon along the c-axis direction. The Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots reveal that the most important contributions for the crystal packing are from H center dot center dot center dot H (45.4%), Cl center dot center dot center dot H/H center dot center dot center dot Cl (21.0%) and C center dot center dot center dot H/H center dot center dot center dot C (19.0%) contacts.