1-(3-Chloro-phen-yl)-2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide.

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(11)H(9)ClN(4)O(3), pairs of N-H⋯N(imidazole) hydrogen bonds connect the mol-ecules into centrosymmetric dimers, which are further connected by N-H⋯O(carbamo-yl) hydrogen bonds into C(4) chains along [010]. Inter-play of these two kinds of hydrogen bonds connect the mol-ecules into layers perpendicular to [101]. The imidazole [maximum deviation 0.0069 (9) Å] and phenyl rings are inclined at a dihedral angle of 58.44 (6)°; the nitro group is almost coplanar [dihedral angle 5.8 (2)°] with the imidazole ring while the carbamoyl group is almost perpendicular [70.15 (13)°] to it.