(1-Adamantyl)(3-aminophenyl)methanone

Abstract

In the crystal sructure of the title compound, C(17)H(21)NO, the molecular packing is stabilized by intermolecular N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and additional weak N-H center dot center dot center dot pi interactions, forming chains that propagate along the b axis. Conjugation of the carbonyl group and the benzene ring is rather attenuated due to a twisting of the carbonyl group from the plane of the benzene ring [torsion angle = 27.1 (2)degrees].