title: Crystal structure of 2-[(E)-2-(2-chloro-benzyl-idene)hydrazin-1-yl]-4-phenyl-1,3-thia-zole.
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H12ClN3S, contains two independent mol-ecules whose conformations differ primarily in the orientations of the phenyl and chloro-benzene rings with respect to the thia-zole ring. In the first mol-ecule, the dihedral angles are 3.0 (1) and 9.2 (1)°, respectively, for the phenyl ring and the chloro-benzene ring, while in the second mol-ecule, the corresponding angles are 18.6 (1) and 23.4 (1)°. In the crystal, the two independent mol-ecules are associated via complementary N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a dimer. These dimers are associated through weak C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯S inter-actions into supra-molecular chains propagating along the a-axis direction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mague
authors.affiliation: Chemistry and Environmental Division, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, England ; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mini University, 61519 El-Minia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Shaaban K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akkurt
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mini University, 61519 El-Minia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Alaa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Kirkuk University, College of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kirkuk, Iraq.
authors.forename: Mustafa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Albayati
keywords: 1,3-thia­zole; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; hydrogen-bonded dimers