1, 2-Dibenzoylhydrazine

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C14H12N2O2, the molecule lies about a twofold axis; two carbonyl groups and the H atoms of the N-N bond are in a trans orientation with respect to each other. In the crystal, each molecule is linked to the other and vice versa by intermolecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the amide hydrogen and the O atoms of neighbouring molecules to form two ten-membered rings, each of which has the graph-set motif C4R22(10). This extends as a polymeric chain along the c axis. © 2000 International Union of Crystallography all rights reserved.