2,5-Di-methyl-phenyl quinoline-2-carboxy-l-ate.

In the title compound, C18H15NO2, the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the quinoline ring system and the phenyl ring is 78.8 (1)°. The mean plane of the carboxyl-ate group is twisted from the mean planes of the quinoline ring system and phenyl ring by 1.5 (9) and 77.6 (4)°, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions, generating C(8) chains along [001]. Weak π-π stacking inter-actions are also observed [centroid-centroid separation = 3.6238 (12) Å].