1‐Bromo‐2,4‐di­nitro­benzene

All interatomic distances in the title compound, C6H3BrN2O4, previously reported by Watson [Nature (London) (1960), 188, 1102–1103] and Gopalakrishna [Acta Cryst. (1969), A25, S-150], can be considered to be normal. The benzene ring is very slightly distorted from planarity. The weighted least-squares planes calculated through the atoms of the nitro groups make angles of 42.3 (3) and 9.7 (3)° with the benzene ring plane, for the 2- and 4-nitro groups, respectively. In the crystal, one weak C—H⋯O intermolecular hydrogen bond and two stacking interactions can be found. The structure is assembled into a three-dimensional net via these interactions.