(E)-2,3-Dimethyl-N-(2-nitro­benzyl­idene)aniline

In the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(2), the 2,3-dimethyl-anilinic and benzaldehyde groups are planar, with r.m.s. deviations of 0.0101 and 0.0241 Å, respectively, and are oriented at a dihedral angle of 11.69 (3)°. The nitro group is inclined to the benzaldehyde group by 34.02 (9)°. The mol-ecule adopts an E configuration about the C=N bond. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯O inter-actions, giving rise to the formation of zigzag polymeric chains extending along [010]. They are also linked by C-H⋯π, and π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance of 3.7185 (11) Å] involving symmetry-related aniline and benzene rings. The H atoms of the ortho-methyl group are disordered over two sites with a refined occupancy ratio of 0.69 (2):0.31 (2).