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organic compounds
The crystal and molecular structure of the title compound, N-(2-cyclooctylamino-4-nitrophenyl)acetamide, C16H23N3O3, has been determined as part of an investigation into substituted benzene derivatives having non-linear optical properties. There are two similar independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. The eight-membered rings have very distorted conformations. The molecules are linked by N—HO hydrogen bonds with NO distances in the range 2.889 (5)–3.071 (6) Å.