2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl 3-bromobenzoate

Abstract

In the title picryl-substituted ester, C13H6BrN3O8, the mean plane of the central ester C-O-C( O)-C fragment (r.m.s. deviation= 0.0186 A° ) is rotated by 84.73 (7) and 19.92 (12) to the picryl and phenyl rings, respectively. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by C-H O interactions, forming centrosymmetric dimers enclosing R2 2(10) and R2 2(22) ring motifs along [001] and further helical chains of dimers enclosing R2 2(10) ring motifs along [010].