2-[(E)-(2,3-Dimethylphenyl)iminomethyl]phenol

In the title compound, C15H15NO, the almost planar 2,3-dimethylaniline unit and the salicylaldehyde group (r.m.s. deviations of 0.0156 and 0.0109 Å, respectively) are oriented at a dihedral angle of 43.69 (9)° with respect to each other. An S(6) ring motif is formed due to intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonding. In the crystal, C—H⋯π interactions occur between the 2,3-dimethylaniline unit and the salicylaldehyde group, where the CH is from the o-methyl group.

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