title: Crystal structure of 2-nitro-N-(2-nitro-phen-yl)benzamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C13H9N3O5, the mean plane of the non-H atoms of the central amide fragment C-N-C(=O)-C [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0442 Å] forms dihedral angles of 71.76 (6) and 24.29 (10)° with the C-bonded and N-bonded benzene rings, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds forming C(4) chains along [100]. Weak C-H⋯O contacts link the mol-ecules into (100) sheets containing edge-fused R 4 (4)(30) rings. Together, the N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds generate a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química - Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Apartado 25360, Santiago de Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno-Fuquen
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química - Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Apartado 25360, Santiago de Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azcárate
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, Scotland.
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kennedy
keywords: anti­convulsant properties; anti­microbial properties; benzamide; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; inhibitors of diverse enzymes