Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o2314  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809033790 ]

2,2'-Dimethoxy-6,6'-dinitrobiphenyl

S.-B. Miao, D.-S. Deng, X.-M. Liu and B.-M. Ji

Abstract: In the title compound, C₁₄H₁₂N₂O₆, the half molecule in the asymmetric unit of the cell is completed by a crystallographic twofold rotation axis, and the two benzene rings of the complete molecule make a dihedral angle of 60.5 (3)°. Furthermore, intermolecular weak C-HO hydrogen bonds link adjacent molecules, forming a two-dimensional sheet. These sheets are stablized by face-to-face weak - contacts [centroid-centroid distance = 3.682 (1) Å] between the nearly parallel [dihedral angle = 0.12 (7)°] benzene rings of the neighboring molecules, resulting in a three-dimensional network.

Online 5 September 2009

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