Methyl 2-(5-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-oxoacetate

Abstract

The indolyl portion of the title mol­ecule, C11H8FNO3, is flat, the five- and six-membered rings making a dihedral angle of 0.815 (6)°. Inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link adjacent mol­ecules into a linear chain. Slipped π–π stacking inter­actions between two neighboring indole groups further consolidate the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional supra­molecular architecture [centroid–centroid distances = 3.555 (10) and 3.569 (10) Å].