title: Ethyl 2-(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)acetate.
abstract: A new benzimidazole compound, C(12)H(14)N(2)O(2), has been synthesized by the reaction of 2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole and ethyl 2-bromo-acetate. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains. π⋯π Contacts (centroid⋯centroid distance = 3.713 Å) are observed. A C-H⋯π inter-action is also present. The N-C-C-O torsion angle is 178.4 (2)°.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guang-Hai
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang