Ethyl 7-methyl-2-phenyl­pyrazolo­[1,5-a]pyrimidine-5-carboxyl­ate

The fused pyrazole and pyrimidine rings in the title compound, C(16)H(15)N(3)O(2), are almost coplanar, being inclined to one another by 1.31 (12)°. The mean plane of this fused ring system is nearly coplanar with the phenyl ring, as indicated by the dihedral angle between their planes of 1.31 (12)°. The fused-ring system and the phenyl ring are nearly coplanar, as indicated by the dihedral angle of 1.27 (10)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules form inversion dimers via pairs of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. C—H⋯N inter­actions connect the dimers into a three-dimensional network. In addition, π–π contacts are observed, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.426 (2) Å.