(E)-N′-(4-Nitro­benzyl­idene)-4-(8-quinol­yloxy)butano­hydrazide

In the title compound, C(20)H(18)N(4)O(4), conformation along the bond sequence linking the benzene and quinoline rings, which have a mean inter­planar dihedral angle of 2.7 (5)°, is trans–(+)gauche–trans–trans–(−)gauche–trans–trans. In the crystal structure, a pair of inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds links the mol­ecules into centrosymmetric cyclic R (2) (2)(8) dimers, which are aggregated via π–π inter­actions into parallel sheets [quinoline–benzene ring centroid separation = 3.6173 (16)–3.6511 (16) Å]. The sheets are further connected through weak C—H⋯O inter­actions, giving a supra­molecular two-dimensional network.