title: 2-Methyl-5-nitro-benzonitrile.
abstract: In the title compound, C(8)H(6)N(2)O(2), the nitro group is rotated by 10.2 (2)° out of the plane of the benzene ring. The crystal structure is stabilized by van der Waals inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wen-Xian
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Guo-Xi
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Wang