Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications, cilt.76, ss.1291-1295, 2020 (ESCI)
The stabilized conformation of the title compound, C13H9Cl2N3O2, is similar to that of the isomeric compound (E)-1-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-(2-nitrobenzylidene)hydrazine. The 2,6-dichlorophenyl ring and the nitro-substituted benzene ring form a dihedral angle of 26.25 (16)degrees. In the crystal, face-to-face pi-pi stacking interactions along the a-axis direction occur between the centroids of the 2,6-dichlorophenyl ring and the nitro-substituted benzene ring. The molecules are further linked by C-H center dot center dot center dot O contacts and N-H center dot center dot center dot O and C-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds, forming pairs of hydrogen-bonded molecular layers parallel to (100). The Hirshfeld surface analysis of the crystal structure indicates that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from H center dot center dot center dot H (22.1%), Cl center dot center dot center dot H/H center dot center dot center dot Cl (20.5%), O center dot center dot center dot H/H center dot center dot center dot O (19.7%), C center dot center dot center dot C (11.1%) and C center dot center dot center dot H/H center dot center dot center dot C (8.3%) interactions.