title: 4-(4-Nitro-benz-yl)pyridine.
abstract: The title compound, C12H10N2O2, has a twisted conformation, with a dihedral angle between the planes of the pyridine and benzene rings of 78.4 (2)°. The nitro group is coplanar with the attached benzene ring within experimental error. The mol-ecules form centrosymmetric dimers via Car-H⋯O inter-actions (H⋯O = 2.49 Å) and the dimers are π-stacked along the b axis [the separation between ring centroids is 3.788 (2) Å].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
authors.forename: Deeb
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taher
authors.forename: Firas F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Awwadi
authors.forename: Mohammed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kailani
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