Crystal structure of 4,4-di­bromo-1-(3,4-di­meth­oxy­phen­yl)-2-aza­buta-1,3-diene-1-carbo­nitrile

The title compound, C(12)H(10)Br(2)N(2)O(2), represents an example of a planar π-con­jugated 2-aza­butadiene mol­ecule, which is both an inter­esting starting material for further organic transformations and a potential ligand in organometallic coordination chemistry. Its metric mol­ecular parameters are typical for the family of 2-aza­buta-1,3-dienes not substituted at the (CH) 3-position. In the crystal, the almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0658 Å) aza­diene mol­ecules form one-dimensional double-wide ribbons through inter­molecular halogen bonds (C—Br⋯O and C—Br⋯Br—C), which then stack in a slipped manner through weak C—H⋯Br and π–π inter­actions to generate a three-dimensional network.