The title compound, C(12)H(16)N(2)O(2), crystallized from toluene with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angles between the amide groups and the benzene ring are 60.87 (11) and 54.08 (11)° in one independent molecule and 60.13 (11) and 64.64 (11) in the other. The crystal structure features weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions.

In the title salt, C19H25N4O(+)·C24H20B(-), the C=N and C-N bond lengths in the CN3 unit are 1.3327 (8)/1.3364 (9) and 1.3802 (9) Å, indicating double- and single-bond character, respectively. The N-C-N angles are 118.77 (6), 120.29 (6) and 120.81 (6)°, showing only a small deviation of the CN3 plane from an ideal trigonal-planar geometry. The bonds between the N atoms and the terminal methyl C...