2-(4-Methyl-phen-yl)-6-nitro-1,3-benzoxazole.

The title compound, C14H10N2O3, is a π-conjugated mol-ecule containing a benzoxazole aromatic fused heterobicycle. The benzoxazole ring system is planar within 0.01 Å. The mol-ecule assumes an approximately flat conformation, the benzoxazole ring system forming dihedral angles of 6.52 (12) and 7.4 (3)° with the benzene ring and the nitro group, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by very weak C-H⋯O hydrogen inter-actions, forming chains running parallel to the a or c axes. The methyl H atoms are disordered over two sets of sites of equal occupancy rotated by 60°.