8-Chloro-5-(4-phenethylpiperazin-1-­yl)pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzoxazepine

As part of an anti­psychotic drug discovery program, we report the crystal structure of the title compound, C24H23ClN4O. The mol­ecule has a tricyclic framework with a characteristic buckled V-shaped pyridobenzoxazepine unit, with the central seven-membered heterocycle in a boat configuration. The piperazine ring displays a chair conformation with the 2-phenyl-ethyl substituent assuming an equatorial orientation. There are two crystallographically independent, but virtually identical, mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit.