(E)-3-(4-Methyl-phen-yl)-1-(4-nitro-phenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H13NO3, contains two independent mol-ecules related approximately by a pseudo-twofold rotation axis. The dihedral angle between the nitro-benzene and methyl-phenyl rings is 42.18 (6)° in one mol-ecule and 12.97 (6)° in the other. In both mol-ecules, the nitro group is slightly twisted away from the attached benzene ring. In the crystal structure, the mol-ecules are stacked along the b axis and are linked via C - H⋯O and C - H⋯π inter-actions.