In the title compound, C(16)H(16)N(2)O, the essentially planar 1,2-dihydro-pyridine ring [maximum deviation = 0.021 (1) Å] makes a dihedral angle of 85.33 (8)° with the benzene ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into a chain along the b axis via C-H⋯O inter-actions.