3,5-Dichloronitrobenzene (I), 3,4,5-trichloronitrobenzene (II) and 2,3
,5,6-tetrachloronitrobenzene (III) are frequently used as intermediate
s in the manufacture of dyes as well as phyto-sanitary and drug produc
ts. In both compounds (I) and (II), the NO2 plane and the benzene ring
plane are coplanar, but in (III) these planes have a mean dihedral an
gle of 88-degrees.