(E)-3-(4-Methyl­phen­yl)-1-(4-nitro­phenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H13NO3, contains two independent mol­ecules related approximately by a pseudo-twofold rotation axis. The dihedral angle between the nitro­benzene and methyl­phenyl rings is 42.18 (6)° in one mol­ecule and 12.97 (6)° in the other. In both mol­ecules, the nitro group is slightly twisted away from the attached benzene ring. In the crystal structure, the mol­ecules are stacked along the b axis and are linked via C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions