Crystal structure of (η4-cyclo-octa-diene)(3,3'-dimesityl-1,1'-methyl-enediimidazoline-2,2'-diyl-idene)nickel(0) tetra-hydro-furan monosolvate

Crystal structure of 1-(2,6-diiso-propyl-phen-yl)-1H-imidazole

The crystal structure of the title compound, C15H20N2 or DippIm, is reported. At 106 (2) K, the mol-ecule has monoclinic P21/c symmetry with four mol-ecules in the unit cell. The imidazole ring is rotated 80.7 (1)° relative to the phenyl ring. Inter-molecular stabilization primarily results from close contacts between the N atom at the 3-position on the imidazole ring and the C-H bond at the 4-position on the neighboring DippIm, with ar-yl-aryl distances outside of the accepted distance of 5 Å for π-stacking.