1-(2,4-Di-nitro-phen-yl)-2-[(E)-2,4,5-tri-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene]hydrazine.

The title compound, C16H16N4O7, is close to being planar, with a dihedral angle of 3.15 (11)° between the benzene rings. The meth-oxy groups at the ortho- and para-positions of the 2,4,5-tri-meth-oxy-phenyl group are almost coplanar with the ring [deviations of the C atoms = 0.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(3-nitro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(14)H(11)N(5)O(6), there are three crystallographically independent mol-ecules with similar conformations but some differences in bond angles. The mol-ecules are slightly twisted with the dihedral angles between the benzene rings being 10.02 (14), 8.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(3-meth-oxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

There are two crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(4)O(5), with different conformations for the meth-oxy groups. The mol-ecules are both slightly twisted, the dihedral angles between two benzene rings being 8.37 (18)° in one and 7.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(3-fluoro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

The mol-ecule of the title hydrazone derivative, C(14)H(11)FN(4)O(4), is nearly planar, with a dihedral angle between the benzene rings of 3.71 (7)°. The central ethyl-idenehydrazine N-N=C-C plane makes dihedral angles of 5.

(E)-1-[1-(3-Chloro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]-2-(2,4-dinitro-phen-yl)hydrazine.

There are two crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(14)H(11)ClN(4)O(4), with the same E conformation about the C=N double bond. The mol-ecules are approximately planar, with a dihedral angle between the benzene rings of 10.24 (12)° in one mol-ecule and 4.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

The title compound, C(14)H(11)FN(4)O(4), crystallizes with two essentially planar mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit; the dihedral angles between the benzene rings are 1.57 (15) and 6.17 (15)°.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(2-nitro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

The title compound, C(14)H(11)N(5)O(6), was obtained from the condensation reaction of 2,4-dinitro-phenyl-hydrazine and 2-nitro-acetophenone. The mol-ecule displays an E conformation about the C=N double bond and an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring motif. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 7.

(E)-1-[1-(2-Chloro-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]-2-(2,4-dinitro-phen-yl)hydrazine.

The title mol-ecule, C(14)H(11)ClN(4)O(4), is in an E configuration and is twisted with the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings being 38.48 (8)°. The ethyl-idenehydrazine plane makes dihedral angles of 6.

(E)-1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-2-[1-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]hydrazine.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(4)O(5), is in an E conformation with respect to the C=N double bond and the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 37.83 (7)°. The ethyl-idenehydrazine plane makes dihedral angles of 4.