Crystal structure of ethyl 2-chloro-6-methyl-quinoline-3-carboxyl-ate.

In the title compound, C13H12ClNO2, the dihedral angle between the planes of the quinoline ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.029 A) and the ester group is 54.97 (6)°. The C—O—C—Cm (m = meth­yl) torsion angle is −140.62 (16)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules inter­act via aromatic π–π stacking [shortest centroid–centroid separation = 3.6774 (9) A] generating (010) sheets.