title: 2-Amino-3-chloro-5-nitro-benzamide.
abstract: The amide group in the title compound, C(7)H(6)ClN(3)O(3), is significantly twisted out of the plane of the benzene ring [C-C-C-O = 34.2 (5)°] whereas the nitro group is almost co-planar [O-N-C-C = 4.0 (5)°] with the ring. Intra-molecular N-H⋯O and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds occur. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating layers propagating in the ab plane.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wardell
authors.forename: Edward R T
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Tiekink