Crystal structure of 8-eth­oxy-3-(4-nitro­phen­yl)-2H-chromen-2-one

In the title compound, C(17)H(13)NO(5), the coumarin ring system is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.008 Å). The nitro­phenyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 25.27 (9)° with the coumarin ring plane. The nitro group is almost coplanar with the phenyl ring to which it is attached, making a dihedral angle of 4.3 (3)°. The eth­oxy group is inclined to the coumarin ring plane by 4.1 (2)°. Electron delocalization was found at the short bridging C—C bond with a bond length of 1.354 (2) Å. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked via C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming sheets in the bc plane. The sheets are linked via π–π stacking [centroid–centroid distances = 3.5688 (13) and 3.7514 (13) Å], forming a three-dimensional structure.