title: 2,2'-(1,10-Phenanthrolin-2-ylimino)di-ethanol.
abstract: In the title compound, C(16)H(17)N(3)O(2), symmetry-related mol-ecules are linked into one-dimensional chains along the a axis by a combination of inter-molecular O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak π-π stacking inter-actions with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.5494 (12) Å.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jin Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li