Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, o111-o113  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680503984X ]

3,6-Di-3-pyridylpyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione

T. Hirota, T. Imoda, H. Takahashi and J. Mizuguchi

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₆H₁₀N₄O₂, is an organic red pigment utilized for hydrogen gas sensors. The centrosymmetric diketopyrrolopyrrole is nearly planar and is linked to four neighbouring molecules via N-HN hydrogen bonds to form a two-dimensional network in the (201) plane.

Online 10 December 2005

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