title: Crystal structure of 3-chloro-N-(2-nitro-phen-yl)benzamide.
abstract: In the title compound, C13H9ClN2O3, the mean plane of the central amide fragment (r.m.s. deviation = 0.016 Å) subtends dihedral angles of 15.2 (2) and 8.2 (2)° with the chloro- and nitro-substituted benzene rings, respectively. An intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming C(7) chains which propagate along [010], but no Cl⋯Cl short contacts are observed.
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: benzamide; crystal structure; halogen–halogen inter­actions; hydrogen bonding