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Crystal structure, DFT calculations and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 3-(4-methyl-phen-yl)-6-nitro-1H-indazole
Ali Ben-Yahia1, Youness El Bakri1,2, Chin-Hung Lai3
1Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Hétérocyclique, Centre de Recherche des Sciences des Médicaments, URAC 21, Pôle de Compétence Pharmacochimie, Av Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C14H11N3O3, consists of two independent mol-ecules having very similar conformations in which the indazole moieties are planar. The independent mol-ecules are distinguished by small differences in the rotational orientations of the nitro groups. In the crystal, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form zigzag chains along the b-axis direction. Additional C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the chains into layers parallel to (10). These are connected by slipped π-stacking and C-H⋯π(ring) inter-actions.
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