N-(2,3-Dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzamide

In the title compound, C16H17NO, the two aromatic rings make a dihedral angle of 5.9 (2)°, while the central amide core –NH—C(=O)– is twisted by 44.0 (3) and 47.1 (3)° out of the planes of the 2,3-dimethylphenyl and 2-methylphenyl rings, respectively. In the crystal, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into infinite chains running along the b axis.

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