1-(3,5-Dimethyl-phen-yl)-4,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazole hemihydrate

In the title compound, C(19)H(20)N(2)·0.5H(2)O, the imidazole ring is essentially planar [maximum deviation = 0.005 (1) Å]. The imidazole ring makes dihedral angles of 67.46 (10) and 23.10 (11)° with the attached benzene and phenyl rings, respectively. The dihedral angle between the benzene and phenyl rings is 68.22 (10)°. Inter-molecular O-H⋯N and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds are found in the crystal structure.