title: 2,2'-(3,5-Dinitro-benzyl-imino)diethanol.
abstract: The title compound, C(11)H(15)N(3)O(6), was prepared by the reaction of (3,5-dinitro-benz-yl)methane-sulfonate with diethanol-amine. The asymmetric unit contains four crystallographically independent mol-ecules which differ primarily in their rotation about the bond between the aromatic ring and the N-diethanol unit. The mol-ecules are linked into sheets by a hydrogen-bonding network which involves all of the hydroxy groups, with only van der Waals contacts between the sheets.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Gul S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barker