title: N-[(1-Benzoyl-piperidin-4-yl)meth-yl]benzamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C20H22N2O2, the piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation. The phenyl rings are inclined to one another by 80.1 (1)° and make dihedral angles of 46.1 (1) and 40.2 (1)° with the mean plane of the piperidine ring. In the crystal, pairs of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into inversion dimers. C-H⋯O inter-actions further link the mol-ecules, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network.
authors.affiliation: PG and Research Department of Physics, Queen Mary's College, Chennai-4, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prathebha
authors.affiliation: PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Presidency College, Chennai-5, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reuben Jonathan
authors.affiliation: PG and Research Department of Physics, Queen Mary's College, Chennai-4, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Sathya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.affiliation: PG and Research Department of Physics, Queen Mary's College, Chennai-4, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Usha