Crystal structures of 4-(2/3-meth­oxy­phen­oxy)phthalo­nitrile

The syntheses and crystal structures are reported of 4-phen­oxy-substituted phthalo­nitriles with meth­oxy groups in the ortho- and meta-positions of the terminal benzene rings, respectively, namely, 4-(2-meth­oxy­phen­oxy)phthalo­nitrile and 4-(3-meth­oxy­phen­oxy)phthalo­nitrile, both C15H10N2O2. The https://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2023/03/00/mol­ecular structure was determined using the single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. It is shown that short contacts play a more decisive role in the mol­ecular packing compared to van der Waals inter­actions.