title: 2-(Benzotriazol-1-ylmethyl-amino)-benzoic acid.
abstract: The title compound, C(14)H(12)N(4)O(2), a new N,O,N'-tridentate ligand, is V-shaped with the mean plane through the benzotriazole system [planar to within 0.013 (2) Å] inclined by 67.7 (1)° to the mean plane through the benzene ring. In the mol-ecule there is an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the amine H atom and the carbonyl O atom. In the crystal structure, symmtry-related mol-ecules are connected by inter-molecular O-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Shaanxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mai-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Guo-Fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Zhang