2,3-Dichloro-1,4-hydro­quinone 2,3-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone monohydrate: a quinhydrone-type 1:1 donor-acceptor [D—A] charge-transfer complex

In the crystal structure of the title compound (systematic name: 2,3-dichloro­benzene-1,4-diol 2,3-dichloro­cyclo­hexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione monohydrate), C(6)H(4)Cl(2)O(2)·C(6)H(2)Cl(2)O(2)·H(2)O, the 2,3-dichloro-1,4-hydro­quinone donor (D) and the 2,3-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone acceptor (A) mol­ecules form alternating stacks along [100]. Their mol­ecular planes [maximum deviations for non-H atoms: 0.0133 (14) (D) and 0.0763 (14) Å (A)] are inclined to one another by 1.45 (3)° and are thus almost parallel. There are π–π inter­actions involving the D and A mol­ecules, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.5043 (9) and 3.9548 (9) Å. Inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the water mol­ecule and the hy­droxy and ketone groups lead to the formation of two-dimensional networks lying parallel to (001). These networks are linked by C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming a three-dimensional structure.