(E)-4-Bromo-N-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)aniline

The title Schiff base compound, C15H14BrNO2, adopts an E configuration with respect to the C=N bond. The C and O atoms of the two methoxy substituents lie very close to the dimethoxyphenyl ring plane [maximum deviation = 0.17 (1) angstrom]. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 43.69 (16)degrees, while the plane through the central C-C=N-C system is inclined at 10.6 (6)degrees to the dimethoxyphenyl ring and 34.6 (3)degrees to the bromophenyl ring. In the crystal structure, each molecule is involved in the formation of two inversion-related dimers through weak C-H center dot center dot center dot N and C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions, respectively. These contacts link the molecules into independent rows parallel to the b axis.