title: 2,2'-Dimeth-oxy-6,6'-dinitro-biphen-yl.
abstract: In the title compound, C(14)H(12)N(2)O(6), the half mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit of the cell is completed by a crystallographic twofold rotation axis, and the two benzene rings of the complete mol-ecule make a dihedral angle of 60.5 (3)°. Furthermore, inter-molecular weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link adjacent mol-ecules, forming a two-dimensional sheet. These sheets are stablized by face-to-face weak π-π contacts [centroid-centroid distance = 3.682 (1) Å] between the nearly parallel [dihedral angle = 0.12 (7)°] benzene rings of the neighboring mol-ecules, resulting in a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shao-Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Xian-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bao-Ming
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ji