N-[4-(4-Nitrophenoxy)phenyl]-propionamide

The title compound, C15H14N2O4, is an important intermediate for the synthesis of thermotropic liquid crystals. The dihedral angle between the two aromatic rings is 84.29 (4)°. An N-H...O hydrogen bond connects the molecules into chains running along the b axis. In addition, the crystal packing is stabilized by weak C-H...O hydrogen bonds. Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 173 K; mean σ(C–C) = 0.002 Å; R factor = 0.036; wR factor = 0.096; data-to-parameter ratio = 14.3

N-[4-(4-Nitrophenoxy)phenyl]acetamide

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C14H12N2O4, contains two molecules that differ principally in the orientation of the acetamide substituent to the adjacent benzene ring with dihedral angles of 44.77 (7) and 19.06 (7)°. The dihedral angles between the benzene rings are 64.46 (4) and 80.84 (4)°. In the crystal, classical N—H...O hydrogen bonds form C(4) chains along [100]. These chains are interlinked by C—H...O contacts forming R22(10) rings. In the crystal, π–π interactions are observed with a distance of 3.5976 (18) Å between the centroids of the nitro-substituted benzene rings of one type of molecule