2-Meth-oxy-4-[1-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl]phenol.

The title compound, C29H24N2O3, was synthesized via a four-component Debus-Radziszewski reaction, involving benzil, amine, aldehyde and ammonium acetate. The OH group of the vanillin substituent forms both an intra-molecular and an inter-molecular hydrogen bond, the latter generating [010] chains. The extended structure is consolidated by weak C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions, generating a criss-cross motif.