4-Chloro-3-methylphenyl quinoline-2-carboxylate

In the title compound, C 17 H 12 ClNO 2 , the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the quinoline ring system and the benzene ring is 68.7 (7)°. The mean plane of the carboxylate group is twisted from the latter planes by 14.0 (1) and 80.2 (4)°, respectively. In the crystal, weak C-H�O interactions are observed, forming chains along 001. In addition, �-� stacking interactions centroid-centroid distances = 3.8343 (13) and 3.7372 (13)à occur. No classical hydrogen bonds were observed