title: 4-(2-Hydroxy-benzyl-idene-amino)-benzonitrile.
abstract: The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(14)H(10)N(2)O, is nearly planar. There is a strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond between the imine and hydr-oxy groups. The configuration with respect to the C=N double bond is anti (1E).
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xing-Xuan
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Hai-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xu