1-(6-Chloro-1,3-benzothia­zol-2-yl)hydrazine

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(7)H(6)ClN(3)S, consists of two crystallographically independent mol­ecules (A and B). The dihedral angle between the benzothia­zole ring system and the hydrazine group is 8.71 (6)° in mol­ecule A and 7.16 (6)° in mol­ecule B. The N—N—C—N and N—N—C—S torsion angles involving the hydrazine group are 170.89 (9) and −9.96 (13)°, respectively, in mol­ecule A and 172.50 (9) and −7.43 (13)°, respectively, in mol­ecule B. In the crystal, neighbouring mol­ecules are connected via pairs of N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, generating R (2) (2)(8) ring motifs, and are connected further by N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds into sheets lying parallel to the ab plane. The crystal studied was an inversion twin, the refined ratio of the twin components being 0.50 (3):0.50 (3).