2-Benzyl-6-nitro-2H-indazole

In the title compound, C14H11N3O2, the indazole portion is planar to within 0.022 (2) Å and subtends a dihedral angle of 65.87 (7)° with the pendant benzene ring. In the crystal, oblique stacks of molecules extending along the a-axis direction are generated by π–π stacking interactions between the five- and six-membered rings [centroid–centroid separation = 3.6743 (19) Å] and the stacks are cross-linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds.