“…The dihedral angles between the (I)/(II), (II)/(III) and (I)/(III) planes are 4.80 (15), 3.46 (16) and 7.49 (15) , respectively, indicating the near coplanarity of the three rings. A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Version of November 2003;Allen, 2002) found four comparable 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4oxadiazoles: 2-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)-benzoic acid (Smith et al, 1983); 1-(5-phenyl-2-oxazolyl)-2-(5-(2 Hmethoxy)phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzene (Doroshenko et al, 2000); bis(N-tosyl-l-leucine) 2,5-bis(o-aminophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole diamide (Zhao et al, 2000); 2-(4-(4-(N,Nbis(2-(acetoxy)ethyl)amino)phenylazo)phenyl)-5-(4-nitrophenyl)-(1,3,4)-oxadiazole (Carella et al, 2002). The bond lengths and angles of the oxadiazole moiety in the title molecule are in good agreement with those in these four structures.…”