1-Ethyl-5-nitro-1H-indazole

Abstract

In the title molecule, C9H9N3O2, the nitro substituent is twisted by 4.0 (2)° out of the plane of the indazolyl moiety; the ethyl group is perpendicular to the indazolyl plane, with the N—N—C—C torsion angle being 101.4 (2)°. In the molecular packing, C—H...O hydrogen bonds lead to supramolecular chains along [001]. Globally, molecules assemble into layers in thebcplane. π–π interactions between five- and six-membered rings consolidate the three-dimensional packing [inter-centroid distance = 3.591 (1) Å]. The sample was refined as an inversion twin.