N-[2-(4-Methyl-2-quinol­yl)phen­yl]acetamide: a P1 structure with Z = 4

The title compound, C(18)H(16)N(2)O, crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1, with four independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit wherein two mol­ecules have an irregular -ac, -ac, +ap conformation (ap, antiperiplanar; ac, anticlinal), while the other mol­ecules exhibit a different, +ac, +ac, +ap conformation. The planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.006 Å in each of the four molecules) quinoline ring systems of the four mol­ecules are oriented at dihedral angles of 32.8 (2), 33.4 (2), 31.7 (2) and 32.3 (2)° with respect to the benzene rings. Intra­molecular N—H⋯N inter­actions occur in all four independent mol­ecules. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter­molecular N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and are further consolidated by C—H⋯π and π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.728 (3), 3.722 (3), 3.758 (3) and 3.705 (3) Å].