4-(4-Bromophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile

In the title compound, C 17 H 17 BrN 2 O, the N-containing ring adopts an envelope conformation with the C atom carrying the phenyl ring displaced by −0.531 (9) Å from the plane defined by the remaining five atoms (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0099 Å). The benzene ring is almost orthogonal to the ring to which it is attached, the C CN —C—C Ph —C Ph torsion angle being −101.3 (7)°. The cyclohexene ring is disordered over two conformations in a statistical ratio. The most prominent interactions in the crystal are pairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds between inversion-related molecules. The resulting dimers are linked into a three-dimensional architecture by C—H...N, C—H...Br and C—H...π interactions.