2-(Benzotriazol-1-ylmethylamino)benzoic acid

Abstract

The title compound, C14H12N4O2, a new N,O,N′-tridentate ligand, is V-shaped with the mean plane through the benzotriazole system [planar to within 0.013 (2) Å] inclined by 67.7 (1)° to the mean plane through the benzene ring. In the mol­ecule there is an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the amine H atom and the carbonyl O atom. In the crystal structure, symmtry-related mol­ecules are connected by inter­molecular O—H⋯N and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π inter­actions.