2-(4-Methyl­phen­yl)-6-nitro-1,3-benzoxazole

The title compound, C(14)H(10)N(2)O(3), is a π-conjugated mol­ecule containing a benzoxazole aromatic fused heterobicycle. The benzoxazole ring system is planar within 0.01 Å. The mol­ecule assumes an approximately flat conformation, the benzoxazole ring system forming dihedral angles of 6.52 (12) and 7.4 (3)° with the benzene ring and the nitro group, respectively. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by very weak C—H⋯O hydrogen inter­actions, forming chains running parallel to the a or c axes. The methyl H atoms are disordered over two sets of sites of equal occupancy rotated by 60°.