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In the title crystal structure, C20H18N2O10, there are two independent molecules, both of which lie on crystallographic inversion centres. In one molecule the 4-nitrophenyl dicarbonate groups are substituted in equatorial (Aeq) positions of the chair-form cyclohexane ring while in the other molecule the substitution is axial (Bax). The dihedral angles between the atoms of the symmetry-unique carbonate group (O=CO2—) and benzene ring for each molecule are 47.3 (1)° for Aeq and 11.7 (2)° for Bax. In Bax, this facilitates the formation of a weak intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond, while the packing is stabilized by weak intermolecular C—H...O interactions.