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The title compound, C16H13NO3, crystallizes with two independent molecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the 4-methylphenyl and 3-nitrophenyl groups is 4.0 (3)° in molecule A and 16.2 (7)° in molecule B. Intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonding involving the O atoms of the 3-nitrophenyl group of both independent molecules link the molecules into layers approximately parallel to the (110) plane. The layers are held together by π–π stacking interactions between the 4-methylphenyl ring of molecule A and the 3-nitrophenyl ring of molecule B of the adjacent layer, with the distance between the centroids of interacting rings being 3.6987 (7) Å.