1-Benzyl-1H-benzotriazole`

In the title compound, C13H11N3, the benzotriazole ring system is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.0173 (18) angstrom, and forms a dihedral angle of 75.08 (8) angstrom with the phenyl ring. In the crystal, pairs of weak C-H . . .N hydrogen bonds form inversion dimers. In addition, there are weak C-H . . . pi(arene) interactions and weak pi-pi stacking interactions, with a centroid- centroid distance of 3.673 (11) angstrom.