Crystal structure of (E)-2-{[(6-methoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)imino]methyl}phenol

Abstract

The title compound, C15H12N2O2S, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space groupPna21, with two molecules in the asymmetric unit (Z′ = 2). Each molecule consists of a 2-hydroxy Schiff base moiety linked through a spacer to a 2-aminobenzothiazole moiety. Each molecule contains an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the –OH group and imine N atom, forming a six-membered ring. The two independent molecules are linked by a pair of C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming dimers with anR22(20) ring motif. These dimers are further lined into sheets in theabplane by weak intermolecular C—H...N interactions. The structure was refined as an inversion twin