title: 4-[(2E)-2-(2-Hy-droxy-benzyl-idene)hydrazin-1-yl]benzonitrile.
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title Schiff base, C(14)H(11)N(3)O, contains two independent mol-ecules which have similar conformations. The dihedral angles between the benzene rings are 4.19 (9) and 14.18 (9)° in the two mol-ecules. An intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond stabilizes the mol-ecular conformation of each mol-ecules. The crystal packing is dominated by pairs of equivalent N-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds which arrange the mol-ecules into layers parallel to (-111).
authors.affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University, Chemistry and Environmental Division, Manchester M1 5GD,  England.
authors.forename: Shaaban K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Goran A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bogdanović
authors.forename: Antar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abdelhamid
authors.forename: Sladjana B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Novaković
authors.forename: Herman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Potgeiter