The crystal structure of the title compound, C 15 H 17 NO 2 , contains two nearly identical but crystallographically independent molecules, each with a double bond connecting an azabicyclic ring system to a 3-methoxybenzylidene moiety. The space group is triclinic P1. The benzene ring is twisted by 18.44 (5) and 22.35 (4) with respect to the plane of the double bond connected to the azabicyclic ring system for the two molecules. In addition to CÐHÁ Á Á% interactions, molecules are held together in the solid state by van der Waals interactions. Comment 1-Azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane ring systems linked to ®ve-or sixmembered heteroaromatics are known to be muscarinic agonists (Nilsson et al., 1995). Also, the 5-HT-3 receptor antagonist zacopride contains a 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane moiety (Paulis et al., 1997). In continuation of our work with 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-ones as precursors of medicinal agents, we synthesized a series of 2-(substituted benzylidene/ hetero-3-arylmethylene)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-ones (Sonar et al., 2004), and their crystal structures were determined in order to con®rm the geometry and to establish the conformations of the molecules. The title compound, (I), was prepared by condensation of 3-methoxybenzaldeyde with 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-one under base catalysis, to afford a single geometrical isomer, viz. (Z)-2-(3-methoxybenzylidene)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-one. In order to con®rm the geometry of this compound, and to obtain more detailed information on the structural conformation of the molecule, its X-ray structure determination has been carried out and the results are presented here.The asymmetric unit of (I) contains two independent molecules, A and B (Fig. 1), with very similar geometries ( Table 1). The molecule contains a double bond between atoms C7 and C8 that connects a 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-3-one ring system to a 3-methoxybenzylidene group, and has a Z geometry in which the C1ÐC7 bond is in the trans position with respect to the C8ÐC9 bond. The C7 C8 bond is essentially planar, since the r.m.s. deviations from the mean planes passing through atoms N1, C8, C9, C7 and C1 are 0.0270 (5) and 0.0060 (5) for molecules A and B, respectively.Deviations from ideal geometry are observed in the bond angles around atoms C1, C7, C8 and C9. While the C7 C8Ð C9 angle [121.27 (7) in A and 121.07 (7) in B] is close to the ideal angle of 120 , the C2 C1ÐC7, C1ÐC7 C8, N1Ð C8 C7, C8ÐC9ÐC10 and N1ÐC8ÐC9 angles [124.25 (7), 130.35 (8), 125.30 (8), 110.88 (7) and 113.24 (7) in molecule A, and 123.93 (7), 130.65 (8), 125.36 (8), 110.59 (7) and 113.54 (7) in molecule B, respectively] are more distorted, a consequence of the strain induced by the double-bond linkage at atoms C8 and C9. These deviations in the angles contribute to the release of the intramolecular non-bonded interactions within the 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane ring. In both cases, Csp 2 atoms replace Csp 3 atoms and, as a result, atoms N1, C8, C9 and C10 assume a planar con®guration [the N1ÐC8ÐC9Ð C10 torsion angle is À4.81 ...