2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-5-phenylfuran

Abstract

The mol­ecular skeleton of the title mol­ecule, C16H11NO3, is nearly planar with the two aromatic rings forming a dihedral angle of 2.73 (7)°. In the crystal, weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol­ecules into ribbons extended along [101]. The crystal packing exhibits also π–π inter­actions, as indicated by the short centroid–centroid distances between the aromatic rings [3.681 (3) Å] and between the aromatic and furan rings [3.811 (3) Å] of neighbouring mol­ecules.