N-(2-Nitro-phen-yl)benzamide.

ABSTRACT: In the title compound, C(13)H(10)N(2)O(3), the central C-C(=O)-N-C amide unit makes dihedral angles of 21.68?(4) and 19.08?(4)°, respectively, with the phenyl and nitro-benzene rings. The two aromatic rings are inclined at 3.74?(3)° and the nitro group is skewed out of the attached benzene ring plane by 18.55?(8)°. An intra-molecular N-H?O inter-action to an O atom of the nitro substituent generates an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, C-H?O contacts generate two centrosymmetric ring systems with R(2) (2)(14) and R(2) (2)(20) graph-set motifs, forming zigzag chains down the a axis. ?-? inter-actions between adjacent phenyl and nitro-benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.6849?(6)?Å] also form centrosymmetric dimers. These and an additional C-H?O hydrogen bond generate an extensive three-dimensional network structure.

SUBMITTER: Saeed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2977104 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature