title: 2-(7-Methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)acetonitrile.
abstract: In the title compound, C(11)H(10)N(2), the carbonitrile group is twisted away from the indole plane [C(cy)-C(me)-C(ar)-C(ar) = 66.6 (2)°; cy = cyanide, me = methyl-ene and ar = aromatic]. In the crystal, N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into C(7) chains propagating in the [001] direction.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Mei-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yang-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Luo