Crystal structure and Hirshfeld analysis of 2-(5-bromo­thio­phen-2-yl)aceto­nitrile

The title compound, C(6)H(4)BrNS, crystallizes in the space group P2(1)/n with one complete mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The non-H atoms are nearly planar (r.m.s for non-H atoms = 0.071 Å), with the nitrile group oriented anti­periplanar with respect to the thio­phene S atom. Inter­molecular Type I centrosymmetric Br⋯Br halogen inter­actions are present at a distance of 3.582 (1) Å and with a C—Br⋯Br angle of 140.7 (1)°. Additional weaker C—H⋯N, C—H⋯S, and S⋯π inter­actions are also present. A Hirshfeld analysis indicates Br⋯Br inter­actions comprise only 1.9% of all the inter­atomic contacts.