title: (2E)-3-(2-Chloro-benzo[h]quinolin-3-yl)-1-(2-methyl-4-phenyl-quinolin-3-yl)prop-2-en-1-one.
abstract: In the title compound, C32H21ClN2O, an almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.033 Å) prop-2-en-1-one bridge links quinolinyl and benzoquinolinyl residues; the latter are twisted out of the plane of the bridge [dihedral angles = 75.94 (5) and 20.20 (5)°, respectively]. In the crystal, a three-dimensional architecture arises as a result of C-H⋯O, C-H⋯π and π-π [centroid-centroid distances involving pyridine rings = 3.5806 (7)-3.7537 (7) Å] interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, BITS, Pilani - K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403 726, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prasath
authors.affiliation: Centre for Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632 014, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarveswari
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Edward R T
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Tiekink