2-(2-Nitro­phen­yl)-1H-benzimidazole

In the title compound, C₁₃H₉N₃O₂, the dihedral angle between the benzimidazole moiety and the benzene ring is 40.08 (6)°. The mol­ecules are linked into chains along the b axis by inter­molecular N—H...N hydrogen bonds. The chains are inter­linked into a two-dimensional network by C—H...O hydrogen bonds.