title: N-(2-Oxo-2-phenyl-acet-yl)benzamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C(15)H(11)NO(3), the two essentially planar benzaldehyde groups [maximum deviations = 0.0487 (12) and 0.0205 (10) Å] are inclined at a dihedral angle of 72.64 (6)° with respect to each other. The bridging C-C-N-C torsion angle is 22.58 (18)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular bifurcated acceptor N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link inversion-related mol-ecules into dimers incorporating R(1) (2)(7) and R(2) (2)(8) ring motifs. The crystal structure is further stabilized by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Jia Hao
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Dongdong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang