title: 2-[4-(Trifluoro-meth-oxy)phen-yl]-1H-benzimidazole.
abstract: In the title compound, C(14)H(9)F(3)N(2)O, the best planes of the benzimidazole group and benzene ring form a dihedral angle of 26.68 (3)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into infinite chains parallel to the c axis. Stacking inter-actions between the benzimidazole groups [centroid-centroid distance = 3.594 (5) Å] assemble the mol-ecules into layers parallel to (100). The trifluoro-methyl group is disordered over three sets of sites with site-occupancy factors of 0.787 (4), 0.107 (7) and 0.106 (7).
authors: Department of Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001,  India.
authors: Nikhath
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authors: Fathima
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authors: MS
authors: Krishnamurthy
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