Crystal structure of phenyl N-(4-nitro-phen-yl)carbamate.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C13H10N2O4, contains two independent mol-ecules (A and B). The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 48.18 (14)° in mol-ecule A and 45.81 (14)° in mol-ecule B. The mean plane of the carbamate N-C(=O)-O group is twisted slightly from the attached benzene and phenyl rings, making respective dihedral angles of 12.97 (13) and 60.93 (14)° in A, and 23.11 (14) and 59.10 (14)° in B. In the crystal, A and B mol-ecules are arranged alternately through N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions, forming chains along the a axis. The chains are further linked by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a double-chain structure.