2-Chloro-5-nitropyridine

Abstract

The non-H atoms of the title compound, C5H3ClN2O2, almost lie in a common plane (r.m.s. deviation = 0.090 Å). In the crystal, adjacent mol­ecules feature a short Cl⋯O contact [3.068 (4) Å], forming a chain; these chains are consolidated into a layer structure by non-classical C—H⋯O inter­actions.