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Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, o1717-o1718  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808024999 ]

2-Methyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl)acrylic acid

N. Muhammad, M. N. Tahir, Zia-ur-Rehman and S. Ali

Abstract: The title compound, C10H9NO4, forms R22(8) dimers due to intermolecular O-H...O hydrogen bonding in the crystal structure. Two dimers are further linked to each other through two intermolecular C-H...O hydrogen bonds, forming an R33(7) ring motif. The nitro groups form an intramolecular C-H...O hydrogen bond mimicking a five-membered ring. As a result of these hydrogen bonds, polymeric sheets are formed. The aromatic ring makes a dihedral angle of 42.84 (8)° with the carboxylate group and an angle of 8.01 (14)° with the nitro group. There is a [pi]-interaction (N-O...[pi]) between the nitro group and the aromatic ring, with a distance of 3.7572 (14) Å between the N atom and the centroid of the aromatic ring.

Online 6 August 2008


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