(±)-6,7-Dihydro-1,6,11-trimethyl-5H-dibenz[c,e]azepine

In the title compound, C₁₇H₁₉N, the central seven-membered azepine ring adopts a twisted boat conformation. The molecule exhibits a huge deviation from planarity by rotation of the two fused ortho-methyl-substituted phenyl rings around the central C12-C14 single bond. The dihedral angle between the planes of these two rings amounts to 56.05 (4)° with a cisoid arrangement around the C12-C14 bond. Because of this non-planarity, the molecule is axially chiral.

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