Pseudoelementverbindungen. VII [1]. Kristall- und Molek�lstruktur von Tris(ethylendiamin)nickel(II)-bis(2-methyl-4-chlorphenoxycyanamidoacetat)

(E)-Methyl 2,6-dichloro-N-cyanobenzimidate

The mol­ecule of the title compound, C₉H₆Cl₂N₂O, displays an E conformation about the C=N double bond. The N-cyano­imidate fragment is substanti­ally planar [maximum deviation 0.010 (4) Å] and perpendicular to the benzene ring [dihedral angle = 88.50 (14)°]. In the crystal packing, inter­molecular Cl⋯Cl inter­actions [3.490 (2) Å] are observed.