(2E,4E)-N-Benzyl-2-cyano-5-phenyl-penta-2,4-dienamide.

In the title compound, C(19)H(16)N(2)O, the mol-ecule adopts an E configuration about the two C=C double bonds. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 88.89 (8)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by inter-molecular N-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains running parallel to [130].