Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-oxoethyl picolinate

Abstract

2-(4-Nitro­phen­yl)-2-oxoethyl picolinate was synthesized under mild conditions. The chemical and mol­ecular structure was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The mol­ecules are related by inversion into centrosymmetric dimers via weak C—H⋯O inter­molecular inter­actions, and further strengthened by weak π–π inter­actions. A qu­anti­fication of the inter­molecular contacts in the crystal were estimated using Hirshfeld surface analysis and two-dimensional fingerprint plots.