%0 Journal Article %T 1-Benzyl-1H-benzimidazole %A Gang Lei %A Li Zhou %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2009 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536809039051 %X In the title molecule, C14H12N2, the benzimidazole ring system is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.024 ). The dihedral angle between the imidazole ring and the benzyl ring is 85.77 (4)¡ã. In the crystal, molecules are linked into chains along the a axis by C¡ªH...N hydrogen bonds. In addition, the packing is stabilized by C¡ªH...¦Ð interactions involving both six-membered rings. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809039051