title: 4-Methyl-phenyl quinoline-2-carboxyl-ate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(17)H(13)NO(2), two mol-ecules crystallize in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the quinoline and benzene rings are 78.3 (4) and 88.2 (3)°. The carboxyl-ate group is twisted slightly from the quinoline ring by 7.1 (2) and 13.3 (4)°, respectively. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O inter-actions are observed. Further stabilization is provided by weak π-π stacking inter-actions, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.564 (9)/3.689 (2) and 3.830 (1)/3.896 (5)Å, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yuvaraja's College, Mysore 570 005,  India.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fazal
authors.forename: Jerry P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jasinski
authors.forename: Shannon T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sudha
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yathirajan