title: 2-(2-Methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl N-methyl-carbamate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(8)H(12)N(4)O(4), the essentially planar methyl-carbamoyloxymethyl group [maximum deviation 0.038 (3) Å] and the imidazole ring make a dihedral angle of 48.47 (3)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular N-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the mol-ecules into infinite ribbons running along the a axis, and by weak π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.894 (2) Å].
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taishan Medical University, Tai'an 271016, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gui-Yun
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Cheng-Cai
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Yu-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Xiao