1,3-Bis(bromomethyl)-2-nitrobenzene

Abstract

In the title compound, C8H7Br2NO2, an inter­mediate for the synthesis of macrocycles, the NO2 group makes a dihedral angle of 65.07 (19)° with the arene ring, and the bromo­methyl substituents adopt a trans conformation about the ring such that the mol­ecule closely approximates C2 symmetry.