1-[5-(Anthracen-9-yl)-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone

In the title compound, C(25)H(20)N(2)O, the pyrazoline ring is nearly planar [maximum atomic deviation = 0.0254 (17) Å]; but the anthracene ring system is distorted from a coplanar structure [maximum atomic deviation = 0.181 (3) Å], the dihedral angle between the outer benzene rings being 10.68 (13)°. The pyrazoline ring is almost perpendicular to the mean plane of the anthracene ring system [dihedral angle = 76.94 (8)°], but nearly coplanar with the phenyl ring [dihedral angle = 1.63 (7)°]. π–π stacking is observed between parallel benzene rings of adjacent anthracene units, the face-to-face distance being 3.27 (3) Å. Weak intra­molecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bonding also occurs.