title: (E)-Methyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)acrylate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(12)H(11)NO(2), the indole and methyl acrylate mean planes are inclined at an angle of 10.6 (1)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯π inter-actions link mol-ecules into chains along [010] and weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds further consolidate the crystal packing.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dong-Feng
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Rui-Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hou