(E)-N'-(3,3-Dimethyl-2,6-diphenyl-piperidin-4-yl-idene)isonicotinohydrazide

In the title mol-ecule, C(25)H(26)N(4)O, the piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation, with the plane through the four coplanar atoms making dihedral angles of 84.76 (6), 82.28 (5) and 81.91 (6)° with the pyridine-ring and the phenyl rings at the 2 and 6 positions, respectively. The pyridine ring makes dihedral angles of 64.13 (8) and 10.75 (8)° with the phenyl rings at the 2 and 6 positions, respectively. The dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 53.57 (8)°. The phenyl rings and one of the methyl groups at position 3 have an equatorial orientation. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.