N-[(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)meth­yl]-4-methyl­benzamide: an analogue of capsaicin

In the title compound, C₁₆H₁₅NO₃, the five-membered 1,3-dioxole ring is in an envelope conformation with the methyl­ene C atom as the flap atom [lying 0.202 (3) Å out of the plane formed by the other four atoms]. The benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 84.65 (4)° with the best least-squares plane through the 1,3-benzodioxole fused-ring system, which substitutes the 2-methoxyphenol moiety in capsaicin. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected into a zigzag supra­molecular chain along the c-axis direction by N—H...O hydrogen bonds. These chains are connected into a layer in the ac plane by C—H...π inter­actions.