title: 2-nitrophenoxyacetanilide: a chain of rings generated by C-H...O hydrogen bonds.
abstract: In molecules of the title compound, C(14)H(12)N(2)O(4), the conformation is dominated by an intramolecular N-H.O hydrogen bond in which one of the nitro O atoms is the acceptor. The molecules are linked by paired C-H.O hydrogen bonds [H.O = 2.41 A, C.O = 3.2990 (17) A and C-H.O = 156 degrees ] into centrosymmetric R(2)(2)(14) dimers; these dimers are linked weakly into chains of alternating R(2)(2)(14) and R(4)(4)(40) rings by a second C-H.O hydrogen bond [H.O = 2.55 A, C.O = 3.5006 (15) A and C-H.O = 162 degrees ].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland. cg@st-andrews.ac.uk
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Janet M S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skakle
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wardell