title: 4-Nitro-benzyl 2-chloro-acetate.
abstract: In the mol-ecule of the title compound, C(9)H(8)ClNO(4), the nearly planar acetate moiety [maximum deviation = 0.015 (3) Å for an O atom] is oriented with respect to the plane of the aromatic ring at a dihedral angle of 73.03 (3)°. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions link mol-ecules into a network. π-π contacts between benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 4.000 (1) Å] may further stabilize the structure.
authors.affiliation: College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Xinmofan Road No. 5 Nanjing, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yan-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping-Fang
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei