Crystal and molecular structure of 6-nitro-1,3-benzdioxin: Comparison with the molecular structures of the 2,4-bis(dichloromethyl) and 2,4-bis(trichloromethyl) derivatives

6-Nitro-1,3-benzdioxin is orthorhombic,Pbca,a=7.278(4),b=19.292(3),c=10.978(1) Å,Z=8. The structure was solved by direct methods from data collected at room temperature on an Enraf-Nonius CAD4 diffractometer and refined by least squares to a finalR value of 0.041 using 725 reflections. Some parameters associated with the heterocycle are torsion angle (C_Ar)O-C-O-C(C_Ar) 69.1(4)°; bond lengths C_Ar-O 1.362(3), (C_Ar)O-C 1.434(5), (C_Ar.O)C-O 1.377(5), O-C(C_Ar) 1.431(5), C-C_Ar 1.501(5) Å; bond angles C_Ar-O-C 113.5(3), O-C-O 111.5(3), C-O-C(C_Ar) 110.3(3), O-C-C_Ar 109.9(3)°;H_axH_ax 2.52(5) Å.