1,3-Bis(2-ethoxy­phen­yl)triazene

The title compound, C(16)H(19)N(3)O(2), exhibits a trans geometry about the N=N double bond in the triazene unit in the solid state, and individual mol­ecules are close to planar with r.m.s. deviations from planarity of 0.065 Å and 0.242 Å for the two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. Distinct inter­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of dimers with an R (2) (2)(8) graph-set motif. The steric demands of the eth­oxy groups in the ortho position prevent a coplanar arrangement of the two mol­ecules in the dimers and these instead consist of two inter­locked mol­ecules that are related by a non-crystallographic pseudo-twofold rotation axis. Weak C—H⋯π inter­actions between the CH groups and the aromatic phenyl rings also occur.