2,4,6-Trinitro­phenyl 4-methyl­benzoate

In the title compound, C₁₄H₉N₃O₈, the benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 69.02 (5)°. The central ester group is rotated by 25.86 (9)° relative to the p-tolyl group. In the crystal, the mol­ecules are linked by C—H...O inter­actions into helical chains along [010].