Fun, H.-K.Goh, J.H.Chandrakantha, B.Isloor, A.M.2026-02-052009Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 2009, 65, 9, pp. o2193-o219416005368https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809031833https://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/27589The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C<inf>8</inf>H <inf>7</inf>Br<inf>2</inf>NO<inf>3</inf>, comprises two crystallographically independent molecules (A and B). The nitro groups are twisted from the attached benzene rings, making dihedral angles of 39.26 (9) and 35.90 (9)° in molecules A and B, respectively. In each mol-ecule, the dibromo-methyl group is orientated in such a way that the two Br atoms are tilted away from the benzene ring. An inter-esting features of the crystal structure is the two short Br?Br inter-actions which, together with inter-molecular C - H?O hydrogen bonds, link the molecules into an extended three-dimensional network. The crystal structure is further stabilized by weak C - H?? inter-actions. © Fun et al. 2009.