title: Crystal structure of (Z)-ethyl 3-[2-(5-methyl-7-nitro-1H-indole-2-carbon-yl)hydrazinyl-idene]butano-ate.
abstract: The reaction of 5-methyl-7-nitro-1H-indole-2-carbohydrazide with ethyl aceto-acetate yielded the title mol-ecule, C16H18N4O5, in which the indole ring is almost planar, with the greatest deviation from the mean plane being 0.006 (2) Å. The nine atoms of the indole ring are almost perpendicular to the mean plane through the ethyl acetate group, as indicated by the dihedral angle of 87.02 (4)° between them. In the crystal, centrosymmetric supra-molecular dimers are formed via N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and eight-membered amide {⋯HNCO}2 synthons. These are consolidated into a three-dimensional architecture by C-H⋯O contacts, and by π-π inter-actions between six-membered rings [inter-centroid distance = 3.499 (2) Å].
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de chimie bioorganique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaib Doukkali, BP 20, M-24000 El Jadida, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Errossafi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de chimie bioorganique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaib Doukkali, BP 20, M-24000 El Jadida, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdellatif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Kihel
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination et d'Analytique (LCCA), Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaib Doukkali, BP 20, M-24000 El Jadida, Morocco.
authors.forename: Salaheddine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guesmi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saadi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Lahcen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: El Ammari
keywords: conformation; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding