N-(2,4-Dinitro­phen­yl)-N′-(1-p-tolyl­ethyl­idene)hydrazine

In the title mol­ecule, C(15)H(14)N(4)O(4), the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 2.21 (7)°. An intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring motif. The mean planes of the ortho- and para-nitro groups make dihedral angles of 2.17 (17) and 2.05 (16)°, respectively, with the benzene ring to which they are attached. In the crystal structure, weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds generate R (2) (2)(7), R (2) (2)(13) and R (2) (1)(10) ring motifs, linking symmetry-related mol­ecules into extended chains along the b axis. In addition, there are inter­molecular C⋯C [3.332 (2)–3.343 (2) Å] contacts which are shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii. The crystal structure is further stabilized by inter­molecular C—H⋯π and π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.8090 (9) Å].