Ethyl 2-methyl-4-phenyl­quinoline-3-carboxyl­ate

In the mol­ecule of the title compound, C(19)H(17)NO(2), the quinoline ring system is planar [maximum deviation 0.021 (3) Å] and oriented with respect to the phenyl ring at a dihedral angle of 80.44 (4)°. Intra­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions result in the formation of five- and six-membered rings having planar and envelope conformations, respectively. In the crystal structure, inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions link the mol­ecules into centrosymmetric dimers forming R (2) (2)(12) ring motifs. π–π contacts between the rings of the quinoline system [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.812 (1) Å] may further stabilize the structure. Two weak C—H⋯π inter­actions are also found.