title: 2-({[4-(1,3-Benzothia-zol-2-yl)phen-yl]amino}methyl)-phenol.
abstract: In the title compound, C(20)H(16)N(2)OS, the aniline substituent essentially coplanar with the benzothia-zole moiety (with an r.m.s. deviation of all fitted non-H atoms of 0.0612 Å). The phenol group is almost perpendic-ular to the benzothia-zolylaniline group, with an inter-planar angle of 88.36 (2)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules aggregate as centrosymmetric dimers by pairs of O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. C-H⋯O contacts and N-H⋯π(arene) inter-actions also occur.
authors.affiliation: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Potgieter
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hosten
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Betz