title: 5-Cyano-1,3-phenyl-ene di-acetate.
abstract: In the title mol-ecule, C11H9NO4, the two acet-oxy groups are twisted from the plane of the benzene ring by 67.89 (4) and 53.30 (5)°. Both carbonyl groups are on the same side of the aromatic ring. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into layers parallel to the ac plane. The crystal packing exhibits π-π inter-actions between the aromatic rings, indicated by a short inter-centroid distance of 3.767 (3) Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Austin College, 900 North Grand, Sherman, TX 75090-4400, USA.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abbassi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Austin College, 900 North Grand, Sherman, TX 75090-4400, USA.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brumfield
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Austin College, 900 North Grand, Sherman, TX 75090-4400, USA.
authors.forename: Lloyd M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, TX 76203-5070, USA.
authors.forename: Vladimir N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Nesterov
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Austin College, 900 North Grand, Sherman, TX 75090-4400, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carr