N-(4-Chlorophenyl)maleimide

In the title compound, C10H6ClNO2, the dihedral angle between the benzene and maleimide rings is 47.54 (9) . Molecules form centrosymmetric dimers through C—H O hydrogen bonds, resulting in rings of graph-set motif R2 (8) and chains in the [100] direction. Molecules are also linked by C— H Cl hydrogen bonds along [001]. In this same direction, molecules are connected to other neighbouring molecules by C—H O hydrogen bonds, forming edge-fused R4 (24) rings.