Ethyl (E)-2-benzoyl-3-phenylpropenoate

In the title mol­ecule, C18H16O3, the configuaration with respect to the C=C double bond is E. The benzoyl group is rotated out of the mean plane through the rest of the mol­ecule by 88.31 (4)°. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are linked by weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions to form two-dimensional sheets.