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organic compounds
The title compound, C11H14N2O3, is a non-linear optical (NLO) chromophore. The piperidinol ring is in a chair conformation. The C-N-C fragment of the piperidinol moiety is nearly coplanar with the nitrophenyl ring system. The molecular stacking allows hydrogen bonding between the piperidinol hydroxy group and the nitro group.