Crystal structure of 1-[2-(2,6-di­chloro­phen­yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl]propan-2-ol

The central imidazole ring of the title compound, C(24)H(20)Cl(2)N(2)O, is twisted with respect to with the planes of the 2,6-di­chloro­benzene and two phenyl rings, making dihedral angles of 74.06 (18), 28.52 (17) and 67.65 (18)°, respectively. The phenyl ring not adjacent to the N-bonded 2-hy­droxy­propyl group shows the greatest twist, presumably to minimize steric inter­actions. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by O—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen-bond contacts into chains along the a-axis direction. The series of parallel chains form a two-dimensional sheet approximately parallel to the bc diagonal. In addition, C—H⋯π inter­actions are observed between the sheets. The atoms of the 2-hy­droxy­propyl group and the N atom of the 1H-imidazole ring to which it is bonded are disordered over two sets of sites, with an occupancy ratio of 0.722 (5):0.278 (5). The structure was refined as an inversion twin.