N-(2,5-Dimethylphenyl)-2-methylbenzamide

In the title compound, C16H17NO, the two aromatic rings are almost coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 1.9 (2)°. The amide group makes dihedral angles of 48.0 (3) and 48.6 (3)° with the 2-methylphenyl and the 2,5-dimethylphenyl rings, respectively. Intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains running along the a axis of the crystal.