(E)-Methyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)acrylate

In the title compound, C12H11NO2, the indole and methyl acrylate mean planes are inclined at an angle of 10.6 (1)°. In the crystal, N—H⋯π inter­actions link mol­ecules into chains along [010] and weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds further consolidate the crystal packing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li, Dong-Feng, Zhu, Xiao-Fei, Guan, Shuang, Hou, Rui-Bin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3238944/