N,N′-Bis[2,6-bis­(1-methyl­eth­yl)phen­yl]pyridine-4-carboximidamide toluene hemisolvate

The title compound, C(30)H(39)N(3)·0.5C(7)H(8), is a symmetrically N,N′-disubstituted aryl­amidine containing a 4-pyridyl substituent on the carbon atom of the N–C–N linkage and bulky 2,6-diiso­propyl­phenyl groups on the nitro­gen atoms. It crystallizes in the Z-anti configuration and its amidine C—N bonds present amine [1.368 (1) Å] and imine [1.286 (1) Å] features. Intra­molecular hydrogen bonds are present in the structure together with inter­molecular N—H⋯N and C—H⋯N inter­actions linking the mol­ecules in chains along the a- and c-axis directions.