Ethyl 1-benzenesulfonyl-2-[(E)-2-(2-methylphenyl)ethenyl]indole-3-carboxylate

Abstract

In the title compound, C26H23NO4S, the phenyl, tolyl and ester groups make dihedral angles of 82.28 (5), 77.67 (6) and 8.52 (6)°, respectively, with the indole ring system. The S atom of the sulfonyl group is displaced by 0.1968 (4) Å from the indole mean plane. The molecular structure is stabilized by weak intramolecular C—H...O interactions. The crystal structure structure features short intramolecular C—H...O contacts and π–π stacking interactions between the phenyl and tolyl groups [centroid–centroid distance = 3.9448 (11) Å]