Abstract
In the title compound, C17H13NO2, the benzene ring is twisted slightly out of the plane of the oxazole ring to which it is attached [dihedral angle = 7.98 (8)degrees]. Similarly, there is a twist [dihedral angle = 5.50 (8)degrees] between the oxazole and phenyl rings that are linked via the C C bond [1.348 ( 2) A degrees]; the conformation about the latter is Z. In the crystal, the presence of C-H center dot center dot center dot O, C-H center dot center dot center dot pi and pi-pi interactions [centroidcentroid distance = 3.5259 (9) A degrees] link the molecules into a three-dimensional architecture.