title: 4-Methyl-3-nitro-benzonitrile.
abstract: In the title compound, C(8)H(6)N(2)O(2), the nitro group is rotated by 23.2 (3)° 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: Li-Jing
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai