The title compound, C₁₇H₁₁F₅N₄O, is described and compared with two closely related analogues in the literature. There are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, linked by N–H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions into dimeric entities, presenting a noticeable noncrystallographic C₂ symmetry. These dimers are in turn linked by a medium-strength type-I C–F⋯F–C interaction into elongated tetramers. Much weaker C–H⋯F contacts link the tetramers into broad two-dimensional substructures parallel to (101).