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<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-<i>bis</i>(2-quinolinylmethyl)benzylamine (<b>1</b>) was synthesized under basic conditions from a pseudo-three-component reaction between benzylamine and two molecules of 2-(quinolinylmethyl)chloride, resulting in the formation of two N–C bonds in a single step. Compound (<b>1</b>) crystallizes in the triclinic system of the <i>P-1</i> space group. The unit cell comprises a dimer of <b>1</b>, in which the monomers are linked by two complementary hydrogen bonds between N1 and H′1–C′1 of another molecule. The dimers form chains along the <i>a</i>-axis through intermolecular interactions between the N′2 acceptor atoms and C″17 donors from molecules in the nearest neighboring dimer. These interactions form extended sheets of the dimers of <b>1</b>, along the <i>ab</i> plane. The quinolinylmeth-2-yl groups of <b>1</b> lie in almost orthogonal planes and their N1/2_(q) donor atoms are away from the apical amino N3 atom.