2-Methyl-N-(4-nitro-benzo-yl)benzene-sulfonamide.

In the title compound, C(14)H(12)N(2)O(5)S, the conformation of the N-C bond in the C-SO(2)-NH-C(O) segment has gauche torsions with respect to the S=O bonds. The mol-ecule is twisted at the S atom, the C-S(O(2))-NH-C(O) torsion angle being 61.8†(5)°. The dihedral angle between the sulfonyl benzene ring and the -SO(2)-NH-C-O segment is 86.8†(2)° and that between the sulfonyl and the benzoyl benzene rings is 83.8†(2)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into zigzag chains along the a axis via N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.