24-Dinitro-1-phenoxy­benzene

摘要

The title compound, C12H8N2O5, was obtained by the reaction of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitro­benzene and phenol in the presence of potassium carbonate. The nitro-substituted benzene ring lies on a mirror plane, with one NO2 group in the same plane and the other disordered across this plane. The phenoxy­benzene unit is placed perpendicular to this mirror, resulting in an exact orthogonal relationship between the phenyl and benzene rings in the mol­ecule. The crystal packing exhibits no significantly short inter­molecular contacts.