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organic compounds
In the title compound, imidazol-1-ylmethyl 2-naphthyl ketone oxime, C15H13N3O, the naphthalene and imidazole rings are essentially planar. The oxime group is turned by 36.2 (1)° out of the plane of the naphthalene moiety. The oxime configuration is Z. The structure is stabilized by intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds.