title: 1,3,5-Trinitro-2,4-bis-(2-phenyl-ethen-yl)benzene.
abstract: In the title compound, C(22)H(15)N(3)O(6), the central benzene ring and one of the phenyl rings are essentially parallel to each other, making a dihedral angle of 1.35 (16)°. The dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 83.56 (19)°. Intra-molecular C-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds occur. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked through C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, offset face-to-face π-π inter-actions with centroid-centroid distances of 3.644 (2) Å help to stabilize the crystal structure.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ze-Rong
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hua-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li