Benzyl (E)-3-(2-methylbenzylidene)dithiocarbazate

• Main Authors: Shang Shan, Zhao Wang, Yan-Lan Huang, Han-Qi Guo, Deng-Feng Li
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-09-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811033113

The title compound, C16H16N2S2, was obtained from the condensation reaction of benzyl dithiocarbazate and 2-methylbenzaldehyde. The asymmetric unit contains two independent molecules. In both molecules, the methylphenyl ring and the dithiocarbazate fragment are located on opposite sides of the C=N bond, showing an E conformation. In each molecule, the dithiocarbazate fragment is approximately planar, the r.m.s deviations being 0.018 and 0.025 Å. The mean plane of dithiocarbazate group is oriented at dihedral angles of 7.9 (3) and 68.24 (12)°, respectively, to the methylphenyl and phenyl rings in one molecule, while the corresponding angles in the other molecule are 10.9 (3) and 69.76 (16)°. Intermolecular N—H...S hydrogen bonding occurs in the crystal structure to generate inversion dimers for both molecules.