Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-(4-nitro­phen­yl)-2-oxoethyl picolinate

2-(4-Nitro­phen­yl)-2-oxoethyl picolinate, C(14)H(10)N(2)O(5), was synthesized under mild conditions. The chemical and mol­ecular structures were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The mol­ecules are linked by inversion into centrosymmetric dimers via weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions, forming R (2) (2)(10) ring motifs, and further strengthened by weak π–π inter­actions. Hirshfeld surface analyses, the d (norm) surfaces, electrostatic potential and two-dimensional fingerprint (FP) plots were used to verify the contributions of the different inter­molecular inter­actions within the supra­molecular structure. The shape-index surface shows that two sides of the mol­ecules are involved with the same contacts in neighbouring mol­ecules and curvedness plots show flat surface patches that are characteristic of planar stacking.