title: 1,4-Bis(2-pyridylmeth-oxy)benzene.
abstract: In the title compound, C(18)H(16)N(2)O(2), the phenyl-ene ring is located on inversion center. The pyridyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 39.9 (1)° with the phenyl-ene ring. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming a linear chain along the a axis.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jin-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang-Feng
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Peng-Fei
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Yan