4-[(3-Methoxyanilino)methylidene]-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one

Abstract

In the title compound, C17H14N2O3, the oxazolone ring is essentially planar [maximum deviation = 0.004 (1) Å] and is oriented with respect to the phenyl and benzene rings at 10.06 (9) and 5.63 (8)°, respectively; the dihedral angle between the phenyl ring and the benzene ring is 15.69 (8)°. In the crystal, N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains running along the a axis. Neighbouring chains are interconnected by π–π stacking, the centroid–centroid distance being 3.6201 (9) Å.