[(4E)-3-Ethyl-1-methyl-2,6-di­phenyl­piperidin-4-yl­idene]amino 3-methyl­benzoate

In the title compound, C₂₈H₃₀N₂O₂, the piperidine ring exists in a chair conformation with an equatorial orientation of the phenyl rings and methyl group substituted on the heterocycle. In the crystal, C—H...π inter­actions result in chains of mol­ecules running parallel to the a-axis direction.