4-Benzyl-1-(4-nitro-phen-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole: crystal structure and Hirshfeld analysis

The mol-ecule in the title compound, C15H12N4O2, has a twisted L-shape with the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings of the N-bound benzene and C-bound benzyl groups being 70.60 (9)°. The nitro group is co-planar with the benzene ring to which it is connected [C-C-N-O torsion angle = 0.4 (3)°]. The three-dimensional packing is stabilized by a combination of methyl-ene-C-H⋯O(nitro), methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(phen-yl), phenyl-C-H⋯π(triazol-yl) and nitro-O⋯π(nitro-benzene) inter-actions, along with weak π(triazol-yl)-π(nitrobenzene) contacts [inter-centroid distance = 3.8386 (10) Å]. The importance of the specified inter-molecular contacts has been verified by an analysis of the calculated Hirshfeld surface.