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organic compounds
In the title compound, C27H24N2O, both benzo and phenanthro rings are essentially planar, the dihedral angle between them being 73.61 (4)°. The non-aromatic five- and six-membered rings adopt deformed envelope and half-chair conformations, respectively. Molecules are linked by weak intermolecular C—HN interactions which exhibit CN non-bonded contacts of 3.481 (2) and 3.540 (2) Å, respectively.