title: 3-[(E)-2-Phenyl-ethen-yl]-1H-indole-6-carbonitrile.
abstract: In the title compound, C(17)H(12)N(2), the inter-planar angle between the indole mean plane [max.deviation 0.030 (1) Å] and the phenyl ring is 24.32 (7)°. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯N C hydrogen bonds form zigzag chains in the a-axis direction augmented by weak C-H⋯N C contacts.
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: Dong-En
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yang-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Luo