Crystal structure of diethyl 3,3′-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methylidene]bis(1H-indole-2-carboxylate)

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, the mean planes of the two indole ring systems (r.m.s. deviations = 0.1249 and 0.0075 Å) are approximately perpendic-ular to one another, with a dihedral angle of 80.9 (5)° between them. The benzene ring is inclined to the mean planes of the two indole ring systems by 76.1 (3) and 78.3 (4)°. Weak intra-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions affect the mol-ecular conformation. In the crystal, pairs of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into inversion dimers which are further linked into supra-molecular chains by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and short Cl-Cl contacts.