Methyl 2-meth­oxy-4-{[2-(4-nitro­phen­yl)hydrazinyl­idene]meth­yl}benzoate

The mol­ecule of the title Schiff base compound, C(16)H(15)N(3)O(5), obtained from a condensation reaction of 4-acet­oxy-3-meth­oxy­benzaldehyde and 4-nitro­phenyl­hydrazine, adopts an E geometry with respect to the C=N double bond. The mol­ecule is roughly planar, with the two benzene rings twisted slightly with respect to each other by a dihedral angle of 6.90 (9)°. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link centrosymmetrically related pairs of mol­ecules, forming dimers of R (2) (2)(22) graph-set motif. The dimers are further connected through slipped π–π inter­actions between symmetry-related benzene rings [centroid–centroid distance of 3.646 (1) Å, offset angle of 15.4°].