N-[(2-Chloro-8-methyl-quinolin-3-yl)meth-yl]-4-meth-oxy-aniline.

In the title compound, C(18)H(17)ClN(2)O, the quinoline ring system is essentially planar; the r.m.s. deviation for the non-H atoms is 0.04 Å with a maximum deviation from the mean plane of 0.026 (4) Å for the C atom bonded to the -CH(2)- group. The meth-oxy-substituted benzene ring forms a dihedral angle of 70.22 (4)° with this ring system. The crystal structure can be described as zigzag layers in which the quinoline ring systems are parallel to (011) and molecules are connected via inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [100]. The crystal studied was an inversion twin with a 0.86 (5):0.14 (5) domain ratio.