title: 2-(4-Nitro-phen-yl)-5-phenyl-furan.
abstract: The mol-ecular skeleton of the title mol-ecule, C(16)H(11)NO(3), is nearly planar with the two aromatic rings forming a dihedral angle of 2.73 (7)°. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into ribbons extended along [101]. The crystal packing exhibits also π-π inter-actions, as indicated by the short centroid-centroid distances between the aromatic rings [3.681 (3) Å] and between the aromatic and furan rings [3.811 (3) Å] of neighbouring mol-ecules.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Yan-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Gangqiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang