2-{[2-Methyl-3-(2methylphenyl)-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-quinazolin-8-yl]oxy} acetonitrile

Abstract

In the title compound, C18H15N3O 2, the fused ring system is almost planar [the dihedral angle between the six-membered rings is 1.81 (6)°]. The 2-tolyl ring is approximately orthogonal to this plane [dihedral angle = 83.03 (7)°] as is the acetonitrile group [C - O - C - C torsion angle = 79.24 (14)°] which is also syn to the methyl substituent of the tolyl group. In the crystal, supramolecular layers are formed in the bc plane mediated by C - H⋯O, C - H⋯N and C - H⋯π interactions. The tolyl group is disordered over two positions in a 0.852 (3):0.148 (3) ratio. © 2012 International Union of Crystallography.