title: 1-Allyl-3-benzyl-1H-benzimidazol-2(3H)-one.
abstract: In the title compound, C17H16N2O, the fused benzimidazol-2(3H)-one system is essentially planar, the largest deviation from the mean plane being 0.006 (2) Å for the carbonyl C atom. Its mean plane is almost perpendicular to the benzyl plane and to the allyl group, making dihedral angles of 80.6 (1) and 77.4 (3)°, respectively. The benzyl group and the allyl subsituent lie on opposite sides of the fused ring system. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by bifurcated C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds in which the carbonyl O atom acts as accepter to two aromatic C-H groups, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to (001).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Appliquée, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Route d'Immouzzer, BP 2202 Fès, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kandri Rodi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Appliquée, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Route d'Immouzzer, BP 2202 Fès, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haoudi
authors.affiliation: Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR 8181, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capet
authors.affiliation: USR 3290 Miniaturisation pour l'Analyse, la Synthèse et la Protéomique, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, Université Lille 1, France.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzah
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Hétérocyclique, URAC 21, Pôle de Compétences Pharmacochimie, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, BP 1014 Avenue, Ibn Batouta, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: El Mokhtar
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authors.lastname: Essassi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Lahcen
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