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4-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-ylmeth-oxy)-3-eth-oxy-benzaldehyde trihydrate
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(17)H(16)N(2)O(3)·3H(2)O, the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the benzene and benzimidazole systems is 26.2 (3)°. These groups are slightly twisted around the eth-oxy-methane unit [C-C-O-C torsion angle = 177.64 (15)°]. The crystal packing is stabilized by N-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen-bond inter-actions involving the water mol-ecules. Weak π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.7943 (7), 3.6919 (13) and 3.7533 (14) Å] contribute to the mol-ecular stability.
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