title: Benzoyl-methyl pyridine-4-carboxyl-ate.
abstract: In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(14)H(11)NO(3), isolated from the reaction of 2-bromo-1-phenyl-ethanone and pyridine-4-carboxylic acid using triethyl-amine as a base to deprotonate the organic acid, the mol-ecular packing is stabilized by C-H⋯π inter-actions involving the phenyl and pyridine rings. The C-C-O-C torsion angle for the linkage between the two carbonyl groups is -80.8 (2)°, and the planes of the phenyl and pyridyl rings form a dihedral angle of 65.8 (1)°.
authors.forename: Jian-Nan
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Bo-Chao
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Guo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Yu-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhao