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organic compounds
The structure of the title compound, C14H14N2, consists of amidine molecules hydrogen-bonded into an alternating chain-like arrangement. Each molecule is bonded to two other molecules by N—HN bonds. For each amidine N—C—N fragment, the C—N bond distances are different, 1.281 (3) and 1.364 (3) Å, indicating some C=N imine character in one of the bonds.