[(4E)-3-Ethyl-1-methyl-2,6-di-phenyl-piperidin-4-yl-idene]amino 3-methyl-benzoate.

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 inter-actions result in chains of mol-ecules running parallel to the a-axis direction.