Methyl (E)-2-[(2-nitro­phen­oxy)meth­yl]-3-phenyl­acrylate

The title compound, C(17)H(15)NO(5), adopts an E conformation with respect to the C=C double bond of the phenyl­acrylate unit. The phenyl ring and methyl acrylate group of the phenyl­acrylate unit are disordered over two sets of sites with site-occupancy ratios of 0.705 (5):0.295 (5) and 0.683 (3):0.317 (3), respectively. The mean plane through the benzene ring of the phenyl acrylate makes dihedral angles of 88.4 (8) (major component) and 86.7 (8)° (minor component) with the nitro­phen­oxy ring; the dihedral angle between the two components is 3.64 (6)°. Intra­molecular C—H⋯O interactions stabilise the molecular structure. In the crystal, C—H⋯O inter­actions result in a chain of mol­ecules running along the b axis.