Crystal Structure of (E)-3-fluoro-N-((5-nitrothiophen-2-yl)methylene)aniline

Abstract

The structure of the title compound C<inf>11</inf>H<inf>7</inf>FN<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>S was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2<inf>1</inf>/n with Z = 12, i.e. with three molecules in asymmetric unit. The molecules are not planar: the dihedral angles between the planes of thiophene and the benzene rings are 42.3(3)°, 42.0(3)°, and 48.9(2)°. In the crystal, intermolecular C–H···F interactions link the molecules through R<inf>2</inf> 2 (14) ring motif. The crystal packing is also stabilized by π···π interactions. © 2016, Pleiades Publishing, Inc.