ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS, vol.70, 2014 (ESCI)
The title compound, C16H16N4O2, crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit, one of which shows disorder of the acetate group over two sets of sites in a 0.799 (2): 0.201 (2) ratio. The phenyl group has a similar but opposite sense of twist relative to the pyrazole ring in the two molecules, as indicated by the syn N-N-C-ar-C-ar (ar = aromatic) torsion angles of 39.7 (2) and - 36.9 (2) -. Each molecule features an intramolecular N - H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bond, which closes an S(6) ring. In the crystal, C - H center dot center dot center dot O and C - H center dot center dot N interactions direct the packing into a layered structure parallel to (110).