N-[(E)-Thio­phen-2-yl­methyl­idene]-1,3-benzothia­zol-2-amine

In the title thio­phene-derived Schiff base compound, C(12)H(8)N(2)S(2), the thio­phene ring is slighty rotated from the benzothia­zole group mean plane, giving a dihedral angle of 12.87 (6)°. The largest displacement of an atom in the mol­ecule from the nine-atom mean plane defined by the non-H atoms of the benzothia­zole ring system is 0.572 (1) Å, exhibited by the C atom at the 3-position of the thio­phene ring. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯S hydrogen bonds involving the thio­phene group S atom and the 4-position thio­phene C—H group of a symmetry-related mol­ecule lead to an infinite one-dimensional chain colinear with the c axis. The structure is further stabilized by π–π inter­actions; the distance between the thia­zole ring centroid and the centroid of an adjacent benzene ring is 3.686 (1) Å. The crystal studied was an inversion twin with the ratio of components 0.73 (3):0.27 (3).