rac-4-Chloro-2-[({2-[(3-chloro-6-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylbenzyl)(methyl)amino] propyl}(methyl)-amino)methyl]-3,5-dimethylphenol

The title compound, C23H32Cl2N2O2, a potential chiral ligand for coordination chemistry, was prepared by a two-step reaction. The molecule is located on a crystallographic centre of inversion. As a result, the methyl group bonded to the methylene group is disordered over two equally occupied positions, sharing the same site as the H atom of the chiral C atom. As a further consequence of the crystallographic centrosymmetry, the 1,2-diaminopropane unit adopts an antiperiplanar conformation and the two benzene rings are coplanar. The central chain is in an all-trans arrangement. An intramolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bond makes an S(6) ring motif. A C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interaction links the molecules into one-dimensional chains along the [001] direction.