title: 5-Bromo-2-(thio-phen-2-yl)-1-(thio-phen-2-ylmeth-yl)-1H-benzimidazole.
abstract: There are two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(11)BrN(2)S(2). In the crystal, weak C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯thio-phene ring inter-actions link the mol-ecules into chains along [100]. The structure exhibits disorder of the 2-thio-phen-2-yl substituent of one of the symmetry-unique mol-ecules with a major:minor component ratio of 0.914 (3):0.086 (3).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York-College at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454,  USA.
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Destefano