rac-Methyl 2-(2-formyl-4-nitro­phen­oxy)hexa­noate

In the racemic title compound, C14H17NO6, the plane of the ester group of the methyl hexa­noate side chain makes a dihedral angle of 80.0 (2)° with the benzene ring, while the nitro group is approximately coplanar with the benzene ring [dihedral angle = 10.3 (2)°]. In the crystal, mol­ecules form weak aromatic C—H⋯Onitro hydrogen-bonding inter­actions, giving inversion dimers [graph set R22(8)].