2,7-Bis(3,4-dicyanophenoxy)naphthalene

Abstract

The mol­ecule of the title compound, 4,4′-naphthalene-2,7-dioxy­di­benzene-1,2-dicarbo­nitrile, C26H12N4O2, has an asymmetric conformation, with the two benzene rings approx­imately orthogonal to each other [dihedral angle = 77.18 (5)°] and forming unequal dihedral angles of 55.14 (5) and 67.62 (5)° with the naphthalene plane. The structure is stabilized by relatively weak C—H⋯N interactions, linking the mol­ecules into infinite chains running along the diagonal of the ac plane of the unit cell.