2-Iodo-N-(6-methyl-2-pyrid-yl)benzamide.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(13)H(11)IN(2)O, comprises two crystallographically independent mol-ecules. The dihedral angles between the ring planes are 53.56 (9) and 72.14 (19)° in the two molecules. Pairs of inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and I⋯O inter-actions link neighbouring mol-ecules into two different pairs of dimers, those involving N-H⋯N interactions having R(2) (2)(8) ring motifs. Short inter-molecular I⋯O [3.1458 (15) Å] and I⋯N [3.4834 (16) Å] contacts are present. The crystal structure is further stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions [3.565 (2) and 3.629 (2) Å].