title: Crystal structure of 1-[2-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl]propan-2-ol.
abstract: The title compound, C24H21ClN2O, crystallizes with two unique mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. In each mol-ecule, the central imidazole ring is substituted at the 2-, 4- and 5-positions by benzene rings. The 2-substituted ring carries a Cl atom at the 4-position. One of the imidazole N atoms in each mol-ecule has a propan-2-ol substituent. In the crystal, a series of O-H⋯N, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, augmented by several C-H⋯π(ring) inter-actions, generate a three-dimensional network of mol-ecules stacked along thea-axis direction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Health Care Division, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, England; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, 61519 El-Minia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Shaaban K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al Azhar University, 71515 Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Adel A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Marzouk
authors.affiliation: Kirkuk University, College of Education, Department of Chemistry, Kirkuk, Iraq.
authors.forename: Mustafa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Albayati
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
authors.forename: Antar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abdelhamid
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simpson
keywords: C—H⋯π inter­actions; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; multi-substituted imidazole