2-[N-(4-Meth­oxy­phen­yl)acetamido]-1,3-thia­zol-4-yl acetate

The structural analysis of the title compound, C(14)H(14)N(2)O(4)S, particularly the presence of an acetyl group at the exocyclic N atom and the C(H)—C(O(2)CMe)—N acet­oxy group in the thia­zole ring, may indicate that one of the starting materials, i.e. 2-(4-meth­oxy­anilino)-1,3-thia­zol-4(5H)-one, exists in the reaction mixture, at least partially, as a tautomer with an exocyclic amine N atom and an enol group. The acet­oxy and acetyl groups deviate from the thia­zole plane by 69.17 (6) and 7.25 (19)°, respectively. The thia­zole and benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 73.50 (4)°. In the crystal, centrosymmetrically related mol­ecules are connected into dimeric aggregates via C—H⋯O inter­actions.