(E)-1-(3-Nitro-phen-yl)ethanone (2-methyl-phen-yl)hydrazone.

In the title Schiff base compound, C15H15N3O2, the azomethine double bond adopts an E configuration. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 13.4 (12)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are arranged in wave-like layers parallel to (100) without any classical hydrogen bonding.