(E)-Methyl 3-(10-bromo­anthracen-9-yl)acrylate

In the title mol­ecule, C₁₈H₁₃BrO₂, the anthracene unit forms an angle of 46.91 (2)° with the mean plane of the methyl acrylate moiety. In the crystal, the mol­ecules arrange themselves into strands parallel to [010] and, due to the crystal symmetry, there are eight strands crossing the unit cell. In each strand, mol­ecules form short C—H...O and C—H...π contacts and have their anthracene groups parallel to each other. Neighboring strands, related by a c-glide operation, are connected via C—H...O inter­actions and form a layer parallel to (100). The arrangement of the acrylate and anthracene groups in the crystal do not allow for [2 + 2] or [4 + 4] cyclo­addition.