Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o946  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809011672 ]

1,5-Bis(4-nitrophenoxy)pentane

M. S. U. Khan, Z. Akhter, M. Bolte, M. S. Butt and H. M. Siddiqi

Abstract: The title compound, C₁₇H₁₈N₂O₆, crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. In both molecules, one of the C-C bonds of the pentamethylene chain connecting the two aromatic rings is in a trans conformation and another displays a gauche conformation. The aromatic rings within each molecule are nearly coplanar [dihedral angles = 3.36 (9) and 4.50 (9)°] and the nitro groups are twisted slightly out of the planes of their attached rings [dihedral angles = 8.16 (3)/6.6 (2) and 4.9 (4)/3.8 (3)°].

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