Intra­molecular 1,5-S⋯N σ-hole inter­action in (E)-N′-(pyridin-4-yl­methyl­idene)thio­phene-2-carbohydrazide

The title compound, C(11)H(9)N(3)OS, (I), crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n. The mol­ecular conformation is nearly planar and features an intra­molecular chalcogen bond between the thio­phene S and the imine N atoms. Within the crystal, the strongest inter­actions between mol­ecules are the N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which organize them into inversion dimers. The dimers are linked through short C—H⋯N contacts and are stacked into layers propagating in the (001) plane. The crystal structure features π–π stacking between the pyridine aromatic ring and the azomethine double bond. The calculated energies of pairwise inter­molecular inter­actions within the stacks are considerably larger than those found for the inter­actions between the layers.