2-(4-Bromo-1h-Indol-3-Yl)Acetonitrile

In the title compound, C10H7BrN2, the non-H atoms, except the N atom of the acetonitrile group and the C atom bonded to it, lie in the least-squares plane defined by the atoms of the indole ring system (r.m.s deviation = 0.019 angstrom), with the N and C atom of the cyano group displaced by 2.278 (1) and 1.289 (1) angstrom, respectively, out of that plane. In the crystal, N-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a C(7) chain along [100].