Abstract: | The crystal structures of four trifluoromethylnitrobenzene analogues (CF3)C6H3(NO2)[C4H8N2]R (where C4H8N2 is piperazinyl and R is ethyl carboxylate, CO2C2H5, or phenyl, C6H5), have been determined, and their conformations and packing arrangements are compared. The four compounds are ethyl 4‐[4‐nitro‐2‐(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]piperazine‐1‐carboxylate, (I), and ethyl 4‐[2‐nitro‐4‐(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]piperazine‐1‐carboxylate, (II), both C14H16F3N3O4, and 1‐[4‐nitro‐2‐(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]‐4‐phenylpiperazine, (III), and 1‐[2‐nitro‐4‐(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]‐4‐phenylpiperazine, (IV), both C17H16F3N3O2. All molecules adopt a rod‐like conformation, while the asymmetric units of (II) and (IV) contain two unique molecules that pack as monodirectional pairs. All molecules pack with C—H⋯O/F close contacts to all but one of the O atoms and to five of the 18 F atoms. |