2-Methyl-5-nitro-1H-benzimidazole monohydrate

Abstract

In the title compound, C8H7N3O2·H2O, the 2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-benzimidazole mol­ecule, excluding the methyl H atoms, is approximately planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.137 (1) Å. The crystal structure is stabilized by water mol­ecules via N—H⋯O(water), O(water)—H⋯O and O(water)—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming sheets parallel to the (100) plane. A short inter­molecular contact between the benzene and imidazole rings, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.6419 (10) Å, indicates a π–π inter­action.