The title compound, C15H14N2O3, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit that differ in the orientation of the 3-meth-oxy-phenyl group with respect to the methyl-idenebenzohydrazide unit. The dihedral angles between the two benzene rings are 24.02 (10) and 29.30 (9)° in mol-ecules A and B, respectively. In mol-ecule A, the meth-oxy group is twisted slightly relative to its bound benzene ring, with a Cmeth-yl-O-C-C torsion angle of 14.2 (3)°, whereas it is almost co-planar in mol-ecule B, where the corresponding angle is -2.4 (3)°. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, as well as by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions, forming sheets parallel to the bc plane. The N-H⋯O hydrogen bond and weak C-H⋯O inter-action link different mol-ecules (A⋯B) whereas both O-H⋯N and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link like mol-ecules (A⋯A) and (B⋯B). Pairs of inversion-related B mol-ecules are stacked approximately along the a axis by π-π inter-actions in which the distance between the centroids of the 3-meth-oxy-phenyl rings is 3.5388 (12) Å. The B mol-ecules also participate in weak C-H⋯π inter-actions between the 4-hy-droxy-phenyl and the 3-meth-oxy-phenyl rings.
In the title benzohydrazide derivative, C14H12N2O4, the azomethine C=N double bond has an E configuration. The hydrazide connecting bridge, (C=O)-(NH)-N=(CH), is nearly planar with C-C-N-N and C-N-N=C torsion angles of -177.33 (10) and -174.98 (12)°, respectively. The 4-hy-droxy-phenyl and 3,4-di-hydroxy-phenyl rings are slightly twisted, making a dihedral angle of 9.18 (6)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network, while further consolidated via π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.6480 (8) and 3.7607 (8) Å]. The conformation is compared to those of related benzyl-idene-4-hy-droxy-benzohydrazide derivatives.