2-Methoxy-benzohydrazide

The title compound, C(8)H(10)N(2)O(2), crystallizes as two independent mol-ecules linked by N-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a linear chain running along the a axis of the monoclinic unit cell. The intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonds are described as a two-ring R(2) (2)(10) motif. The six-membered R(1) (1)(6) rings formed by the intra-molecular inter-actions are almost planar (r.m.s. deviations 0.06 and 0.08 Å). In one mol-ecule, the aromatic and hydrogen-bonded rings are oriented at 4.8 (2)°, whereas in the other mol-ecule these rings are oriented at 6.1 (4)°.