2‐Nitrophenyl 4‐nitrophenyl disulfide

The structure of the title compound, C₁₂H₈N₂O₄S₂, contains no direction‐specific intermolecular interactions, i.e. no C—H?O hydrogen bonds, no aromatic π–π‐stacking interactions and no C—H?π(arene) interactions. This behaviour is compared with the three known symmetrical isomers of bis­(nitro­phenyl) di­sulfide, having the nitro groups on the two 2‐, 3‐ or 4‐positions, all of which exhibit direction‐specific supramolecular aggregation.