Crystal structure of 3,5-di­methyl­phenyl 2-nitro­benzene­sulfonate

The title compound, C(14)H(13)NO(5)S, was synthesized via a nucleophilic substitution reaction between 3,5-di­methyl­phenol and 2-nitro­benzene­sulfonyl chloride. The aromatic rings attached to the SO(3) group are oriented in a gauche fashion around the ester S—O bond, with a C—S—O—C torsion angle of 84.68 (11)°. The mol­ecules form centrosymmetric dimers via π–π stacking inter­actions between 3,5-di­methyl­phenyl groups (centroid–centroid distance = 3.709 Å). An inter­molecular S=O⋯N inter­action between the sulfonyl and nitro groups, with an O⋯N distance of 2.9840 (18) Å, organizes the dimers into columns extending along [011]. These columns are further assembled into (111) layers through C—H⋯O inter­actions.