Dimethyl 4‐iodopyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylate

Two symmetry-independent but geometrically similar, essentially planar mol­ecules of the title compound, C9H8INO4, are linked via C—I⋯O=C inter­actions [I⋯O = 2.981 (6) and 3.006 (5) A] into infinite chains running along the b axis. The independent mol­ecules alternate within the chain, so that only one independent chain is formed in the crystal structure.