title: 2-Phenyl-5,6,7,8-tetra-hydro-imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzo-thia-zole.
abstract: The title compound, C15H14N2S, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The central imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzo-thia-zole unit is planar (r.m.s. deviations of 0.010 and 0.008 Å for the two independent mol-ecules). The fused tetra-hydro-hexane ring adopts a half-chair conformation. The phenyl substituent is twisted by 16.96 (13) and 22.89 (12)° relative to the central imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzo-thia-zole unit in the two mol-ecules. In the crystal, there are no significant intermolecular interactions present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Togliatti State University, 14 Belorusskaya St, Togliatti 445667, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bunev
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Samara State University, 1 Akademician Pavlov St, Samara 443011, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Elena V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Sukhonosova
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Samara State University, 1 Akademician Pavlov St, Samara 443011, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Petr P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Purygin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Togliatti State University, 14 Belorusskaya St, Togliatti 445667, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Gennady I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Ostapenko
authors.affiliation: X-Ray Structural Centre, A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Vavilov Street, B-334, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Victor N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Khrustalev