Packing polymorphism in the crystal structure of 4,5-dimeth­oxy-2-nitro­benzyl acetate

The title compound, C(11)H(13)NO(6), shows two polymorphs, orange and yellow forms, both of which crystallize in the space group P2(1)/c. The mol­ecular structures in the two polymorphs are essentially similar and adopt a planar structure, the maximum deviations for the non-H atoms being 0.1836 (13) and 0.1276 (13) Å, respectively, for the orange and yellow forms. In the orange crystal, mol­ecules are linked by an inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­action into a helical chain along the b-axis direction. The chains are stacked along the c axis through a π–π inter­action [centroid–centroid distance = 3.6087 (11) Å], forming a layer parallel to the bc plane. In the yellow crystal, mol­ecules are connected through C—H⋯O inter­actions into a sheet structure parallel to (-302). No significant π–π inter­action is observed. The unit-cell volume of the orange crystal is larger than that of the yellow one, and this accounts for the predominant growth of the yellow crystal.