The Crystal and Molecular Structure of 2-(2′-Cyano-2′-amido-ethylenyl)-pyridine

The title compound (C₉H₇N₃O) has been determined from three dimensional X-ray diffraction data. The crystals are monoclinic, a = 4.858(3) Å, b = 15.008(7) Å, c = 11.787(2) Å, ß = 94.107(2)°, V= 857.2(4) ų, z = 4, D_calc = 1.342 g. cm⁻³, space group P2_1/c. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares method (γ MoK_α′, R = 0.0766).