2-(3-Cyano-4-methyl-5,5-diphenyl-5H-furan-2-yl­idene)malono­nitrile

The title compound, C₂₁H₁₃N₃O, crystallizes with two independent molecules with similar conformations per asymmetric unit. The dihydrofuran rings are essentially planar with maximum deviations of 0.017 (1) and 0.006 (1) Å for the O atoms. The dihedral angles between the di­hydro­furan ring and the attached phenyl rings are 79.90 (6) and 82.07 (6)° in one mol­ecule and 79.36 (6) and 72.26 (6)° in the other. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by weak C—H...π and C—H...N inter­actions similar to those in other closely related crystals. The replacement of appended methyl by phenyl groups has not significantly affected the dihydrofuran ring structure or the crystal packing interactions.