Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o335  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809001093 ]

Methyl 3-carboxy-5-nitrobenzoate

P. Zou, M.-H. Xie, S.-N. Luo, Y.-L. Liu and Y.-J. Shen

Abstract: The structure of the title compound, C₉H₇NO₆, is essentially planar [maximum deviation 0.284 (2)Å] except for the methyl H atoms. The crystal structure is stabilized by asymmetric O-HO hydrogen bonds linking the hydrogen carboxylates into pairs around the inversion centres. There is also - stacking of the benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance 3.6912 (12) Å].

Online 17 January 2009

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