title: 1,3-Bis(chloro-meth-yl)-2-methyl-5-nitro-benzene.
abstract: The title compound, C(9)H(9)Cl(2)NO(2), is a natural product isolated from the endophytic fungus No. B77 of the mangrove tree from the South China Sea coast. In the crystal structure, the mol-ecules lie on twofold axes and form offset stacks through face-to-face π-π inter-actions. Adjacent mol-ecules in each stack are related by a centre of inversion and have an inter-planar separation of 3.53 (1) Å, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.76 (1) Å. Between stacks, there are C-H⋯O inter-actions to the nitro groups and Cl⋯Cl contacts of 3.462 (1) Å.
authors.forename: Chang-Lun
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Chunyuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mei-Yan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Chang-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang