3-(3-Nitro­benz­yl)-4H-chromen-4-one

In the title compound, C₁₆H₁₁NO₄, the dihedral angle between the 10-membered coplanar chromone ring system and the benzene ring is 77.83 (3)°. In the crystal, weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network.