1-(3,5-Dinitrobenzoyl)-4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine

Abstract

In the title compound, C18H18N4O6, the piperazine ring adopts a chair conformation, the amidic N atom is planar (sum of angles = 360°) and the non-amidic N atom is pyramidal (343°). There are no hydrogen bonds of any kind in the crystal, but the molecules are linked by two independent π(nitrobenzene)...π(methoxybenzene) stacking interactions to form π-stacked sheets with inter-centroid separations of 3.8444 (12) and 3.9197 (12) Å.