Crystal structure of (E)-1-methyl-2-[2-(2-methoxphenyl)ethenyl]-4-nitro-1H-imidazole

Abstract

In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C13H13N3O3, the 2-(2-methoxphenyl)ethenyl unit is connected to the methyl-nitroimidazole 1-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole moiety. The molecule is quasi-planar and the planes of the two rings form a dihedral angle of 0.92 (11)°. The crystal packing can be described as layers parallel to the (011) plane, stabilized by intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonding, resulting in the formation of an infinite three-dimensional network linking these layers. Strong π–π stacking interactions are observed,viz.benzene–benzene, imidazole–imidazole and benzene–imidazole rings, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.528 (2), 3.457 (2) and 3.544 (2) Å, respectively. Intensity statistics indicated twinning by non-merohedry, with refined weighs of the twin components of 0.3687:0.6313.