Crystal structure of 4,6-dinitro-1-(5-tetrazolyl)-1H-indazole trihydrate

The title compound, C₈H₄N₈O₄·3H₂O, crystallizes in space groupP¯1 with cell constantsa=7.022(1),b=9.507(2),c=10.906(2) Å,=84.99(1),=71.89(1),=72.56(1)°,Z=2, andV _c =660.2 ų. The structure was solved by direct methods using diffractometer data and was refined by full-matrix least-squares methods to anR value of 0.060 for 2112 observed reflections. The molecule, consisting of a phenyl ring fused to a pyrazole ring with a tetrazole ring connected to it equatorially, is planar except for the N(7) nitro-group oxygen atoms. The structure is stabilized by a three-dimensional network of O-HO, O-HN, and N-HO hydrogen bonds through the water molecules.