Crystal structure of (E)-1(anthracen-9-ylmethylidene)[2-(morpholin-4-yl)eth­yl]amine

The title compound, C(21)H(22)N(2)O, crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. In both mol­ecules, the anthracene ring systems are almost planar, with maximum deviations of 0.071 (8) and 0.028 (7) Å, and make dihedral angles of 73.4 (2) and 73.3 (2)° with the least-squares planes formed by the four C atoms of the morpholine rings, which adopt a chair conformation. An intra­molecular C—H⋯π inter­action occurs. In the crystal, the packing is stabilized by weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which connect pairs of molecules into parallel to the c axis, and C—H⋯π inter­actions.