Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, o2053-o2055  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804025875 ]

Methyl 4-(4-methoxybenzylidenemethyl)-3,5-dinitrobenzoate

P. G. Aravindan, S. Selvanayagam, D. Velmurugan, K. Ravikumar, S. Saravanan and P. C. Srinivasan

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₇H₁₄N₂O₇, is a trans-stilbene and the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 58.2  (1)°. The orientation of the nitro groups on the benzene ring is consistent with minimum steric interaction. In the solid state, inversion-related molecules are linked into dimers through C-HO interactions and the translated dimers are linked via C-HO interactions, thus forming a continuous chain running along one of the diagonals (011) of the bc plane.

Online 22 October 2004

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