N-(2,5-Dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzamide

Abstract

In the title compound, C16H17NO, the two aromatic rings are almost coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 1.9 (2)°. The amide group makes dihedral angles of 48.0 (3) and 48.6 (3)° with the 2-methyl­phenyl and the 2,5-dimethyl­phenyl rings, respectively. Inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into chains running along the a axis of the crystal.