In the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(2), the aromatic rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 24.52 (5)°. The dihedral angle between the nitro group and its parent benzene ring is 9.22 (16)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules inter-act through aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid separations = 3.8158 (14) and 3.9139 (14) Å].