title: 3',4'-Dimeth-oxy-biphenyl-4-carbonitrile.
abstract: The title compound, C(15)H(13)NO(2), was prepared through a palladium-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction. The dihedral angle between the biphenyl rings is 40.96 (6)°. The meth-oxy groups are twisted slightly out of the plane of the benzene ring [C-C-C-C torsion angles = -3.61 (18) and 12.6 (2)°]. The packing of the molecules is stabilized by van der Waals inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xin-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Wen-Yi
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Zhi-Zhong
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Sun