2,2′-(Propane-1,3-di­yl)bis­(2H-indazole)

The title mol­ecule, C(17)H(16)N(4), is a bis-indazole crystallized in the rare 2H-tautomeric form. Indazole heterocycles are connected by a propane C(3) chain, and the mol­ecule is placed on a general position, in contrast to the analogous compound with a central C(2) ethane bridge, which was previously found to be placed on an inversion center in the same space group. In the title mol­ecule, indazole rings make a dihedral angle of 60.11 (7)°, and the bridging alkyl chain displays a trans conformation, resulting in a W-shaped mol­ecule. In the crystal, mol­ecules inter­act weakly through π–π contacts between inversion-related pyrazole rings, with a centroid–centroid separation of 3.746 (2) Å.