title: 5-(3,4-Dimeth-oxy-benzyl-idene)-1,3-dimethyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione.
abstract: In the title compound, C(15)H(16)N(2)O(5), the dihedral angle between 1,3-diazinane and benzene rings is only 4.27 (1)°. The essentially planar mol-ecular structure is characterized by a short intra-molecular C-H⋯O separation and by an exceptionally large bond angle of 138.25 (14)° at the bridging methine C atom. The meth-oxy groups deviate somewhat from the plane of the benzene ring, with C-C-O-C torsion angles of -15.6 (1) and 9.17 (6)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules form centrosymmetric dimers via donor-acceptor π-π inter-actions, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.401 (1) Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Mukut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gohain
authors.forename: Theunis J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: Barend C B
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Bezuidenhoudt