title: 4-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl)benzonitrile.
abstract: The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(14)H(9)N(3), is essentially planar, the dihedral angle formed by the benzimidazole ring system with the benzene ring being 3.87 (3)°. In the crystal packing, mol-ecules are linked into zigzag chains running parallel to the b axis by inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen-bond inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Wen-Xiang
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao