N-Cyclohexyl-2-nitrobenzamide was synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic data and X-ray diffraction analysis It crystallizes at room temperature in the monoclinic space group P21/n with cell parameters a = 13 9913(10), b = 8 8475(4), c = 20 5627(15) angstrom, beta = 93 278(6)degrees, V 2541 3(3) A(3) and Z = 8 The structure was refined to final R1 = 0 0626 using all 4950 reflections The crystal packing is stabilized by N-H O hydrogen bonds