2-(1H-Benzoimidazol-2-yl)-6-ethoxy-phenol.

The title Schiff base compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(2), consists of two crystallographically independent mol-ecules, A and B. Mol-ecule A is almost planar, whereas mol-ecule B is slightly twisted, the dihedral angles between the benzimidazole group and the benzene rings being 2.65 (12) and 13.17 (15)°, respectively. The methyl group of mol-ecule B is disordered over two positions, with a refined site-occupancy ratio of 0.581 (7):0.419 (7). In each mol-ecule, intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds generate S(6) ring motifs. In the crystal structure, both types of mol-ecules are linked via inter-molecular bifurcated N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into one-dimensional extended chains along [010] and form R(1) (2)(5) ring motifs. The crystal structure is further stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯π and π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.4758 (16)-3.596 (2) Å].