Abstract: | The title compound, C18H17N3O2, crystallizes with Z′ = 2 in space group P21/c, and the two independent molecules are approximate, but not exact, mirror images. The molecular–electronic structure is strongly polarized, and the molecules are linked by paired N—H⃛O hydrogen bonds H⃛O = 2.00–2.23 Å, N⃛O = 2.798 (3)–2.992 (3) Å and N—H⃛O = 145–151°] into two independent C(4)C(6)(6)] chains of rings, which are linked into sheets by a single aromatic π–π‐stacking interaction. |