2-Methyl-7-nitro-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one

The title molecule is approximately planar, with the nitro group strongly conjugated with the [pi]-system. Ab initio calculations indicate that the distortion of the exo angles of the cyclic C(Ar)-C(=O)-O fragment arises from intramolecular rather than intermolecular effects.

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