Hydro­gen‐bonded chains in N‐(2‐nitrophenyl)phenylamine

Molecules of the title compound, C₁₂H₁₀N₂O₂, are markedly non‐planar. There is an intramolecular N—H?O hydrogen bond, and the mol­ecules are linked into zigzag chains by a single C—H?O hydrogen bond. Comparisons are made with the supramolecular aggregation in isomeric amino–nitro derivatives, and in some N‐methylnitro­anilines.