title: Crystal structure of ethyl 5-(3-fluoro-phen-yl)-2-[(4-fluoro-phen-yl)methyl-idene]-7-methyl-3-oxo-2H,3H,5H-[1,3]thia-zolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxyl-ate.
abstract: In the title mol-ecule, C23H18F2N2O3S, the pyrimidine ring is in a half-chair conformation and the 3-fluoro-phenyl group is in the axial position. The thia-zole ring (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0252 Å) forms dihedral angles of 84.8 (7) and 9.6 (7)° with the 3-fluoro-substituted and 4-fluoro-substituted benzene rings, respectively. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯F and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect mol-ecules, forming zigzag chains along the b axis. In addition π-π stacking inter-actions with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.7633 (9) Å connect these chains into ladders via inversion-related 4-fluoro-phenyl groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagarajaiah
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Noor Shahina
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Begum
keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonds; pyrimidine; thia­zole; π–π stacking inter­actions