Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o116  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808041676 ]

2-(2-Methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl N-methylcarbamate

G.-Y. Duan, C.-C. Xia and Y.-L. Xiao

Abstract: In the title compound, C₈H₁₂N₄O₄, the essentially planar methylcarbamoyloxymethyl group [maximum deviation 0.038 (3) Å] and the imidazole ring make a dihedral angle of 48.47 (3)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular N-HN and C-HO hydrogen bonds, which link the molecules into infinite ribbons running along the a axis, and by weak - stacking interactions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.894 (2) Å].

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