Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-4-{[2,2-di­chloro-1-(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)ethen­yl]diazen­yl}benzo­nitrile

In the title compound, C(16)H(11)Cl(2)N(3)O, the 4-meth­oxy-substituted benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 41.86 (9)° with the benzene ring of the benzo­nitrile group. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into layers parallel to (020) by C—H⋯O contacts and face-to-face π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.9116 (14) and 3.9118 (14) Å] between symmetry-related aromatic rings along the a-axis direction. A Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (22.8%), H⋯H (21.4%), N⋯H/H⋯N (16.1%), C⋯H/H⋯C (14.7%) and C⋯C (9.1%) inter­actions.