Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 4-(3-meth­oxy­phen­yl)-2,6-di­phenyl­pyridine

The title compound, C(24)H(19)NO, was obtained via the reaction of (1E,2E)-3-(3-meth­oxy­phen­yl)-1-phenyl­prop-2-en-1-one with ethyl 2-oxo­propano­ate, using NH(4)I as a catalyst. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group I2/a. In the mol­ecule, the four rings are not in the same plane, the pyridine ring being inclined to the benzene rings by 17.26 (6), 56.16 (3) and 24.50 (6)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯π inter­actions into a three-dimensional network. To further analyse the inter­molecular inter­actions, a Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most abundant contributions to the crystal packing are from H⋯H (50.4%), C⋯H/H⋯C (37.9%) and O⋯H/H⋯O (5.1%) inter­actions.