Add to ORKGR factor = 0.031; wR factor = 0.090; data-to-parameter ratio = 22.5. In the title compound, C7H6ClNO2, the chloro, methyl and nitro substituents are situated next to each other in this order on the benzene ring, with the mean plane of the nitro group twisted away from the mean plane of the benzene ring by 38.81 (5). Related literature For information on industrial chemicals, see: Chloronitro-toluenes (2010). For the use of the title compound as a starting material in the synthesis of 7-chlorovasicine (pyrrolo[2,1-b]-quinazolin-3-ol, 8-chloro-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro), see: Southwick & Cremer (1959). For the toxic effects of the title compoun