A chiral photochromic Schiff base: (R)-4-bromo-2-[(1-phenylethyl)iminomethyl]phenol

Abstract

The title chiral photochromic Schiff base compound, C15H14BrNO, was synthesized from (R)-1-phenyl­ethyl­amine and 5-bromo­salicylaldehyde. The mol­ecule is the phenol–imine tautomer, the C=N and N—C bond distances being 1.261 (7) and 1.482 (7) Å, respectively. There is an intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond with an O⋯N distance of 2.593 (7) Å.