Crystal structure of (E)-N-{[3-methyl-1-phenyl-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]methylidene}hydroxylamine

The title compound, C15H14N4O, crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit with similar conformations (r.m.s. overlay fit for the 20 non-H atoms = 0.175 Å). In the first molecule, the dihedral angles between the planes of the central pyrazole ring and the pendant phenyl and pyrrole rings are 42.69 (8) and 51.88 (6)°, respectively, with corresponding angles of 54.49 (7) and 49.61 (9)°, respectively, in the second molecule. In the crystal, the two molecules, together with their inversion-symmetry counterparts, are linked into tetramers by O—H...N hydrogen bonds. The tetramers form layers parallel to (211) through pairwise C—H...π interactions