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2-(4-Nitro-phen-yl)-2-oxoethyl picolinate, C 14 H 10 N 2 O 5 , was synthesized under mild conditions. The chemical and mol-ecular structures were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The mol-ecules are linked by inversion into centrosymmetric dimers via weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions, forming R 2 2 (10) ring motifs, and further strengthened by weak π-π inter-actions. Hirshfeld surface analyses, the d norm surfaces, electrostatic potential and two-dimensional fingerprint (FP) plots were used to verify the contributions of the different inter-molecular inter-actions within the supra-molecular structure. The shape-index surface shows that two sides of the mol-ecules are involved with the same contacts in neighbouring mol-ecules and curvedness plots show flat surface patches that are characteristic of planar stacking., (© Sanjeeva Murthy et al. 2019.)

In the title chalcone-thio-phene derivative, C 13 H 6 Cl 3 FOS, the aromatic rings are inclined to one another by 12.9 (2)°, and the thio-phene ring is affected by π-conjugation. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯F hydrogen bonds, forming an R 2 2 (8) ring motif. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted to verify the contribution of the different inter-molecular inter-actions. The shape-index surface clearly shows that the two sides of the mol-ecules are involved in the same contacts with neighbouring mol-ecules and the curvedness plots show flat surface patches characteristic of planar stacking.