1,2-Dimethylpyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole-4-carbonitrile

The title compound, C₁₄H₁₁N₃, is planar to within 0.030 Å (excluding H atoms). Wide bond angles are observed exocyclic to the five-membered ring [maximum 134.2 (2)°]. Molecules are connected into zigzag chains by hydrogen bonds of the form C_arom—H...N[triple bond]C, with an H...N distance of 2.47 Å.

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