p-Nitrophenyl isocyanide

M Zeller, AD Hunter

Index: Zeller, Matthias; Hunter, Allen D. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 2004 , vol. 60, # 6 p. o415-o417

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Abstract

Achiral p-nitrophenyl isocyanide, C7H4N2O2, crystallizes in the orthorhombic chiral space group P212121. Attractive intermolecular interactions between the nitro O atoms and both aromatic H and nitro N atoms of neighbouring molecules are observed. The O⋯ N interaction is surprisingly strong [N⋯ O= 2.869 (2) Å] compared with other aromatic nitro compounds.