Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of a chalcone derivative: (E)-3-(4-fluoro­phen­yl)-1-(4-nitro­phen­yl)prop-2-en-1-one

The mol­ecular structure of the title chalcone derivative, C(15)H(10)FNO(3), is nearly planar and the mol­ecule adopts a trans configuration with respect to the C=C double bond. The nitro group is nearly coplanar with the attached benzene ring, which is nearly parallel to the second benzene ring. In the crystal, mol­ecules are connected by pairs of weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into inversion dimers. The dimers are further linked by another C—H⋯O hydrogen bond and a C—H⋯F hydrogen bond into sheets parallel to (104). π–π inter­actions occur between the sheets, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.8860 (11) Å. Hirshfeld surface analysis was used to investigate and qu­antify the inter­molecular inter­actions.