Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 4-{[(anthracen-9-yl)meth­yl]amino}­benzoic acid di­methyl­formamide monosolvate

The title compound, C(22)H(17)NO(2)·C(3)H(7)NO, was synthesized by condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with a secondary amine and subsequent reduction. It was crystallized from a di­methyl­formamide solution as a monosolvate, C(22)H(17)NO(2)·C(3)H(7)NO. The aromatic mol­ecule is non-planar with a dihedral angle between the mean planes of the aniline moiety and the methyl anthracene moiety of 81.36 (8)°. The torsion angle of the C(ar­yl)—CH(2)—NH—C(ar­yl) backbone is 175.9 (2)°. The crystal structure exhibits a three-dimensional supra­molecular network, resulting from hydrogen-bonding inter­actions between the carb­oxy­lic OH group and the solvent O atom as well as between the amine functionality and the O atom of the carb­oxy­lic group and additional C—H⋯π inter­actions. Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to qu­antify the inter­molecular inter­actions.