Crystal structure, DFT and MEP study of (E)-2-[(2-hy­droxy-5-meth­oxy­benzyl­idene)amino]­benzo­nitrile.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C₁₅H₁₂N₂O₂, contains two crystallographically independent mol­ecules in which the dihedral angles between the benzene rings in each are 13.26 (5) and 7.87 (5)°. An intra­molecular O—H···N hydrogen bonds results in the formation of an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by weak C—H···O and C—H···N hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to (011). In addition, π–π stacking inter­actions with centroid–centroid distances in the range 3.693 (2)–3.931 (2) Å complete the three-dimensional network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]