%0 Journal Article %T 2-[4-(Diethylamino)benzylidene]malononitrile %A Yi Jing %A Luo-Ting Yu %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2011 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536811019295 %X In the title compound, C14H15N3, the diethylamino N atom, benzene ring, olefinic bond and cyano groups form an extended conjugated system, making the molecule nearly planar: the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the best plane throught the cyano groups is 4.93 (10)¡ã, while the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the plane through the diethylamino N atom and the two attached ethyl C atoms is 9.51 (14)¡ã. In the crystal, intermolecular C¡ªH...¦Ð interactions stabilize the packing. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811019295