N-(2-Oxo-2-phenyl­acet­yl)benzamide

In the title compound, C15H11NO3, the two essentially planar benzaldehyde groups [maximum deviations = 0.0487 (12) and 0.0205 (10) A] are inclined at a dihedral angle of 72.64 (6)° with respect to each other. The bridging C—C—N—C torsion angle is 22.58 (18)°. In the crystal, inter­molecular bifurcated acceptor N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link inversion-related mol­ecules into dimers incorporating R 1 2(7) and R 2 2(8) ring motifs. The crystal structure is further stabilized by weak inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions.