Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic features and Hirshfeld surfaces of 2-methyl-3-[(2-methyl­phen­yl)carbamo­yl]phenyl acetate

The title compound, C(17)H(17)NO(3), was synthesized, characterized by IR spectroscopy and its crystal structure was determined from single-crystal diffraction data. The asymmetric unit contains two mol­ecules, which adopt different conformations. In one mol­ecule, the acet­oxy and the terminal 2-methyl­phenyl groups are positioned on opposite sides of the plane formed by the central benzene ring, whereas in the other mol­ecule they lie on the same side of this plane. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked through strong N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains along [010]. Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots were used to investigate the inter­molecular inter­actions in the solid state.