Ethyl 4,9-Dimethyl-9H-Carbazole-3-Carboxyl­Ate

Abstract

In the title compound, C17H17NO2, the carbazole skeleton includes an eth­oxy­carbonyl group at the 3-position. The indole three-ring system is almost planar [maximum deviation = 0.065 (2) Å], and the ethyl ester group is inclined to its mean plane by 15.48 (2)°. In the crystal, there are π–π stacking inter­actions between parallel benzene rings and between parallel benzene and pyrrole rings of adjacent mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distances = 3.9473 (8) and 3.7758 (8) Å, respectively]. Weak C—H⋯π inter­actions are also present.