2-Methyl-N-(4-methyl-benzo-yl)benzene-sulfonamide.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(15)H(15)NO(3)S, contains two independent mol-ecules. The conformations of the N-C bonds in the C-SO(2)-NH-C(O) segments have gauche torsions with respect to the SO bonds. Further, the mol-ecules are twisted at the S atoms with torsion angles of -53.1 (2) and 61.2 (2)° in the two mol-ecules. The dihedral angles between the sulfonyl benzene rings and the -SO(2)-NH-C-O segments are 86.0 (1) and 87.9 (1)°. Furthermore, the dihedral angles between the sulfonyl and the benzoyl benzene rings are 88.1 (1) and 83.5 (1)° in the two mol-ecules. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O(S) hydrogen bonds.