4-Methyl-N′-(2,2,2-trichloro­ethanimido­yl)benzene-1-carboximidamide

The title compound, C(10)H(10)Cl(3)N(3), features a delocalized unsaturated N C N C N chain and strong intra­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonding across the chelate ring and also intra­molecular N—H⋯Cl contacts to a CCl(3)-group Cl atom. The only inter­molecular contacts in the lattice are non-classical hydrogen bonds between methyl and CCl(3) groups. The pseudo-six-membered ring is distinctly non-planar by virtue of rotation about the N—C bond between the carboximidamide and imine components [C—N—C—N torsion angle = −23.6 (2) °].