N-(2,3-Dimethyl­phen­yl)-2-nitro­benzene­sulfonamide

There are two independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(14)H(14)N(2)O(4)S. The N—H bonds are syn to the ortho-nitro groups in the sulfonyl benzene rings and anti to the methyl groups in the aniline benzene rings. The mol­ecules are twisted at the S—N bonds with torsion angles of −60.4 (3) and 58.8 (3)° in the two mol­ecules. The dihedral angles between the planes of the sulfonyl and the anilino benzene rings are 53.67 (8) and 56.99 (9)°. The amide H atoms of both mol­ecules are involved in an intra­molecular hydrogen bond, generating an S(7) motif. In the crystal, pairs of N—H⋯O(S) hydrogen bonds link like mol­ecules into inversion dimers.