Crystal structure of 2-methyl-4-[(thio­phen-2-yl)methyl­idene]-1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(9)H(7)NO(2)S, contains two crystallographically independent mol­ecules (A and B). Both mol­ecules are almost planar [maximum deviations = 0.047 (1) and 0.090 (1) Å, respectively, for the S atoms] with the oxazole and thio­phene rings being inclined to one another by 2.65 (16)° in mol­ecule A and by 4.55 (15)° in mol­ecule B. In the crystal, the individual mol­ecules are linked via C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming –A–B–A–B– chains along the [10-1] direction. The chains are linked via C—H⋯π and π–π inter­actions [inter­centroid distances = 3.767 (2) and 3.867 (2) Å] involving inversion-related oxazole and thio­phene rings in both mol­ecules, forming a three-dimensional structure.