2-Chloro-N-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)benzamide

In the title compound, C15H14ClNO, the N—H and C=O bonds in the amide group are anti to each other. The amide group is inclined at 60.3 (1)° to the chloro-substituted benzoyl ring and at 59.2 (1)° to the dimethyl-substituted aniline ring. The mean planes through the two benzene rings make a dihedral angle of 7.7 (1)°. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [010]