N-(2-Nitro­phen­yl)benzamide

In the title compound, C(13)H(10)N(2)O(3), the central C–C(=O)–N–C amide unit makes dihedral angles of 21.68 (4) and 19.08 (4)°, respectively, with the phenyl and nitro­benzene rings. The two aromatic rings are inclined at 3.74 (3)° and the nitro group is skewed out of the attached benzene ring plane by 18.55 (8)°. An intra­molecular N—H⋯O inter­action to an O atom of the nitro substituent generates an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, C—H⋯O contacts generate two centrosymmetric ring systems with R (2) (2)(14) and R (2) (2)(20) graph-set motifs, forming zigzag chains down the a axis. π–π inter­actions between adjacent phenyl and nitro­benzene rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6849 (6) Å] also form centrosymmetric dimers. These and an additional C—H⋯O hydrogen bond generate an extensive three-dimensional network structure.