4-Anilino-3-nitro­benzonitrile

In the title compound, C13H9N3O2, the aromatic rings are twisted with respect to each other, making a dihedral angle of 49.41 (9)°. The nitro group and the nitrile group are nearly in the plane of the benzonitrile ring, the largest deviation from the plane being 0.123 (1) A. There is an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond forming an S(6) ring. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a chain parallel to the c axis. Futhermore, slipped π–π inter­actions between symmetry-related phenyl rings [centroid–centroid distance 3.808 (1) A, inter­planar distance 3.544 (8) A with an offset of 21.5°] stabilize the structure.