In the title compound, C 13 H 9 ClN 2 O 5 S, the N-C bond in the C-SO 2-NH-C segment has a gauche torsion with respect to the S O bonds. The conformation between the N-H bond and the ortho-nitro group in the sulfonyl benzene ring is syn, and that between the C O and the meta-Cl atom in the benzoyl ring is anti. The molecule is twisted at the S-N bond, with a torsion angle of 65.41 (38). The dihedral angle between the sulfonyl benzene ring and the-SO 2-NH-CO segment is 75.0 (1) , and that between the sulfonyl and the benzoyl benzene ring is 89.1 (1). The crystal structure features inversion-related dimers linked by pairs of N-HÁ Á ÁO(S) hydrogen bonds. Related literature For our studies of the effects of substituents on the structures and other aspects of N-(aryl)-amides, see: Gowda et al. (1999, 2006); N-(aryl)-methanesulfonamides, see: Gowda et al. (2007); N-(substitutedbenzoyl)-arylsulfonamides, see: