(2E)-3-(4-Methyl-phen-yl)-1-(pyridin-3-yl)prop-2-en-1-one.

The title compound, C15H13NO, has two crystallographically independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit which differ principally in the periplanar angle formed by the benzene and pyridine rings [41.41 (3) and 17.92 (5)°]. The mol­ecules exhibit an E conformation between the keto group with respect to the olefin double bond.