7a-Phenyltetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]oxazol-5(6H)-one

Abstract

In the title compound, C12H13NO2, the pyrrolidinone moiety is almost flat while the oxazole ring adopts an envelope conformation with the carbon atom bearing the phenyl substituent as the flap: the angle between the mean planes of the fused heterocyclic rings is 45.47 (19)°. In the crystal, C—H...O and C—H...π contacts link the molecules into infinite [010] chains.