2-(7,8-Diphenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoxalin-2-yl)phenol methanol disolvate

Abstract

The title compound, C27H18N4O·2CH4O, is a unsymmetrically substituted quinoxaline. An intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond involving the hydr­oxy and imino groups generates an S(6) ring motif. Inter­molecular C—H⋯O and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form an R 2 1(7) ring motif involving a methanol O atom and two H atoms of the imidazole and benzene rings, respectively. The latter links neighbouring mol­ecules into one-dimensional extended chains along the a axis. The two benzene rings are inclined towards each other, as indicated by the dihedral angle of 52.13 (10)°. The phenol ring is almost coplanar with the basic quinoxaline unit, making a dihedral angle of 2.43 (6)°. The short distances between the centroids of the five- and six-membered rings prove the existence of π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.5234 (9)–3.7885 (10) Å]. The crystal structure is stabilized by intra­molecular O—H⋯N, inter­molecular O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O (× 2) hydrogen bonds and weak inter­molecular C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions.