N-Methyl-3-methylsulfonyl-N-nitroaniline

Abstract

In the title compound, C8H10N2O4S, the N—N bond length [1.3488 (18) Å] indicates some double-bond character, while the torsion angle between the aromatic ring and the nitramine group [66.3 (2)°] rules out further delocalization in the mol­ecule. The geometry of the methyl­sulfon­yl substituent is quasi-tetra­hedral, as expected. The crystal packing is stabilized by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, with the mol­ecules arranged in chains extended along the [101] direction.