title: 2-[2-(4-Nitro-phenyl)hy-dra-zin-yl-idene]malononitrile.
abstract: The title compound, C(10)H(8)N(8), is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane = 0.118 Å). In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds generate R(2) (2)(12) loops.
authors.forename: Lu-Na
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ran-Zhe
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Wen-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hai-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wang