title: 2-(2-Hydroxy-benzyl-ideneamino)benzonitrile.
abstract: The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(14)H(10)N(2)O, displays a trans configuration with respect to the C=N double bond. The mol-ecule is roughly planar; the two aromatic rings make a dihedral angle of 9.3 (3)°. Such a planar conformation is induced by the strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond between the imine and hydroxyl groups.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical, Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Hai-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xing-Xuan
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Gong