(Z)-Ethyl 2-hydroxyimino-2-(4-nitrobenzyl)ethanoate

Abstract

The title mol-ecule, C11H10N2O 6, has a Z conformation about the C=N bond of the oxime unit. There are significant twists from planarity throughout the mol-ecule, the most significant being between the hydroxy-imino and ester groups which are effectively orthogonal with an N-C-C-Ocarbonyl torsion angle of 91.4 (2)°. The crystal packing features oxime-benzoyl O-H⋯O contacts that lead to chains along [010] and C-H⋯O interactions also occur.