(RS)-1-(1-Acetyl­indolin-5-yl)-2-chloro­propan-1-one

The mol­ecule of the title compound, C(13)H(14)ClNO(2), is roughly planar [maximum deviation = 0.060 (2) Å] with the disordered Cl/CH(3) group asymetrically distributed on both sides of the mean plane. Indeed, the Cl and CH(3) located on the stereogenic carbon exchange each other with occupancy factors in the ratio 0.60:0.40. The whole crystal is a racemate. Non-classical C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6959 (9) Å] between symmetry-related phenyl rings stabilize the crystal structure.