Crystal structure of 2-[(E)-2-(2-chloro­benzyl­idene)hydrazin-1-yl]-4-phenyl-1,3-thia­zole

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(12)ClN(3)S, contains two independent mol­ecules whose conformations differ primarily in the orientations of the phenyl and chloro­benzene rings with respect to the thia­zole ring. In the first mol­ecule, the dihedral angles are 3.0 (1) and 9.2 (1)°, respectively, for the phenyl ring and the chloro­benzene ring, while in the second mol­ecule, the corresponding angles are 18.6 (1) and 23.4 (1)°. In the crystal, the two independent mol­ecules are associated via complementary N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a dimer. These dimers are associated through weak C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯S inter­actions into supra­molecular chains propagating along the a-axis direction.