N¹-[(1H-Imidazol-2-yl)methyl­idene]-N⁴-phenyl­benzene-1,4-di­amine

The title compound, C₁₆H₁₄N₄, is non-planar with dihedral angles between the planes of the imidazole and phenyl­enedi­amine rings of 30.66 (4)° and between the planes of the phenyl­enedi­amine and N-phenyl rings of 56.63 (7)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by N—H...N hydrogen bonds, generating a chain extending along the b-axis direction. The crystal structure is also stabilized by C—H...π inter­actions between N-phenyl and imidazole rings and slipped π–π stacking inter­actions between imidazole rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.516 (4) Å] giving an overall two-dimensional layered structure lying parallel to (010).