Ethyl (2E)-2-cyano-3-(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)acrylate

In the title compound, C(13)H(13)NO(3), the conformation across the C=C bond is synperiplanar, the torsion angle of the segment C(ring)—C=C—C(N) being 3.2 (5)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into inversion dimers, arranged in a zigzag pattern, through two C—H⋯O inter­actions generating R (2) (2)(10) and R (2) (2)(14) motifs. These dimers are arranged in a zigzag pattern in the crystal structure. The mol­ecules are further linked along the c axis through weak C—H⋯π inter­actions, and weak π⋯π inter­actions [centroid–centroid separation = 3.9986 (17) Å] are also observed.