(E)-Methyl 3-(4-ethyl­phen­yl)-2-{2-[(E)-(hy­droxy­imino)­meth­yl]phen­oxy­meth­yl}acrylate

In the title compound, C(20)H(21)NO(4), the two benzene rings are almost perpendicular to each other, making a dihedral angle of 86.1 (7)°. The hy­droxy­ethanimine group is essentially coplanar with the benzene ring, the largest deviation from the mean plane of the hy­droxy­ethanimine [C=N—OH] group being 0.011 (1) Å for the O atom. An intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs. The mol­ecules are linked into cyclic centrosymmetric R (2) (2)(6) dimers via O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds. Inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules, forming a C(8) chain along the a axis. The crystal packing is further stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions.