4-(2-Methoxy­benzyl­idene)-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one

The title mol­ecule, C(17)H(13)NO(3), adopts a Z configuration about the central olefinic bond. The 2-phenyl ring is almost coplanar with the plane of the oxazolone ring system, making a dihedral angle of 2.03 (11)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by π–π inter­actions between the oxazolone ring and phenyl ring of a neighbouring mol­ecule [centroid–centroid distance = 3.550 (3)Å], and by two weak inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions. In addition, the crystal structure exhibits one weak intra­molecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bond.