(E)-4-Bromo-N′-(2-hydr­oxy-1-naphthyl­methyl­ene)benzohydrazide

The title compound, C(18)H(13)BrN(2)O(2), was synthesized by the reaction of 2-hydr­oxy-1-naphthaldehyde with 4-bromo­benzohydrazide. This Schiff base mol­ecule has an E configuration about the C=N bond and is almost planar, the dihedral angle between the mean planes through the substituted benzene ring and the naphthyl system being 6.6 (2)°. There is an intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond involving the naphthyl hydr­oxy substituent and the N′ atom of the hydrazide group. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are linked through inter­molecular N—-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to form chains extending along the b direction.