Crystal structure of 2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl 4-chloro-benzoate and Hirshfeld surface analysis.

In the title compound, C16H9ClO4 the dihedral angle between the coumarin ring system [maximum deviation = 0.023 (1) Å] and the benzene ring is 73.95 (8)°. In the crystal, π-π inter-actions link the dimers into a three-dimensional framework. A quantum chemical calculation is in generally good agreement with the observed structure, although the calculated dihedral angle between the ring systems (85.7%) is somewhat larger than the observed value [73.95 (8)°]. Hirshfeld surface analysis has been used to confirm and qu-antify the supra-molecular inter-actions.