Two new polymorphs of di­phenyl(4‐pyridyl)­methyl methacryl­ate

The title compound (D4PyMA), C₂₂H₁₉NO₂, exhibits polymorphism after crystallization by slow evaporation from a binary mixture of chloro­form and hexane. Long needle‐like crystals have an orthorhombic structure (space group Fdd2), with one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit, while small tablet‐like crystals exhibit a monoclinic crystal structure (space group P2₁/n), in which two independent but chemically identical mol­ecules comprise the asymmetric unit. The bond lengths and angles are normal, while the torsion angles around the –C—O– bond linking the di­phenyl(4‐pyridyl)methyl and methacryl­ate groups show the flexibility of the mol­ecule by way of packing effects. The two polymorphs both contain weak C—H⋯π and C—H⋯O/N contacts but have different conformations.