title: 3-(2-Hydroxy-benzyl-ideneamino)benzonitrile.
abstract: In the title mol-ecule, C(14)H(10)N(2)O, an intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond contributes to the essential coplanarity of the two benzene rings, which form a dihedral angle of 6.04 (18)°.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hai-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xing-Xuan
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang