1-(3-Chlorophenyl)-2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C11H9ClN4O3,pairs of NH N(imidazole) hydrogen bonds connect themolecules into centrosymmetric dimers, which are furtherconnected by NH O(carbamoyl) hydrogen bonds intoC(4) chains along [010]. Interplay of these two kinds ofhydrogen bonds connect the molecules into layers perpendicularto [101]. The imidazole [maximum deviation0.0069 (9) A ] and phenyl rings are inclined at a dihedral angleof 58.44 (6); the nitro group is almost coplanar [dihedralangle 5.8 (2)] with the imidazole ring while the carbamoylgroup is almost perpendicular [70.15 (13)] to it.