title: (Z)-3-(9-Anthryl)-1-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-2-(4-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one.
abstract: In the title compound, C(26)H(16)ClN(3)O(3), the dihedral angle between the anthracene mean plane and imidazole ring is 64.75 (2)°. In the crystal, π-π inter-actions between anthracene fragments lead to the formation of stacks of mol-ecules propagating in [100]. The short distance between the carbonyl groups of symmetry-related molecules [C⋯O = 2.985 (2) Å] indicates the existence of dipole-dipole inter-actions. The crystal packing also exhibits short inter-molecular contacts between the nitro groups and Cl atoms [Cl⋯O = 3.181 (2) Å].
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guang-Zhou
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Cheng-He
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi-Yi
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhang