Dimethyl (E)-2-(N-phenyl­acetamido)­but-2-enedioate

摘要

The title compound, C14H15NO5, was obtained from the reaction of acetanilide with dimethyl acetyl­enedicarboxyl­ate in the presence of potassium carbonate. The C=C double bond adopts an E configuration and the geometry around the amide N atom is almost planar rather than pyramidal (mean deviation of 0.0032 Å from the C3N plane). The packing of the mol­ecules in the crystal structure is stabilized by inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.