2,6-Dichloro-3-nitro-pyridine.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(5)H(2)Cl(2)N(2)O(2), consists of two crystallographically independent mol-ecules. The pyridine ring in each mol-ecule is essentially planar, with maximum deviations of 0.004 (4) and 0.007 (4) Å. Short Cl⋯O [3.09 (3) and 3.13 (4) Å] and Cl⋯Cl [3.38 (12) Å] contacts were observed. No significant inter-molecular inter-actions were observed in the crystal packing.