title: 2-(4-Chloro-phen-yl)acetamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C(8)H(8)ClNO, the acetamide group is twisted out the benzene plane with a dihedral angle of 83.08 (1)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ab plane.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Pei-Jiang
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang-Feng
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hou