title: 2-Methyl-N-(3-methyl-phen-yl)benzamide.
abstract: In the structure of the title compound (N3MP2MBA), C(15)H(15)NO, the conformation of the N-H bond is anti to the meta-methyl substituent in the aniline ring and that of the C=O bond is syn to the ortho-methyl substituent in the benzoyl ring, while the conformations of the N-H and C=O bonds are anti to each other. The bond parameters in N3MP2MBA are similar to those in 2-methyl-N-phenyl-benzamide, N-(3,4-dimethyl-phen-yl)benzamide and other benzanilides. The amide group, -NHCO-, makes a dihedral angle of 55.2 (7)° with the benzoyl ring, while the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings (benzoyl and aniline) is 36.2 (1)°. N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds give rise to infinite chains running along the b axis of the crystal structure.
authors.forename: B Thimme
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Gowda
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foro
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Sowmya
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuess