Crystal structure of (Z)-2-[(E)-2-benzyl-idene-hydrazin-1-yl-idene]-1,2-di-phenyl-ethanone.

The title compound, C21H16N2O, has an almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0074 Å) 1,2-di-benzyl-idenehydrazine backbone with an approximately orthogonal almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0368 Å) phenyl-ethanone substituent on one of the imine C atoms. The dihedral angle between the two mean planes is 76.99 (4)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π contacts, forming a three-dimensional structure with mol-ecules stacked along the a-axis direction.