Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thio­phen-2-yl­methyl­idene)isoxazol-5(4H)-one

The title compound, C(9)H(7)NO(2)S crystallizes with two independent mol­ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit with Z = 8. Both mol­ecules are almost planar with a dihedral angle between the isoxazole and thio­phen rings of 3.67 (2)° in mol­ecule A and 10.00 (1) ° in mol­ecule B. The packing of mol­ecules A and B is of an ABAB⋯ type along the b-axis direction, the configuration about the C=C bond is Z. In the crystal, the presence of C—H⋯O, C—H⋯ N and π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distances of 3.701 (2) and 3.766 (2) Å] link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional architecture. An analysis of Hirshfeld surfaces shows the importance of C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds in the packing mechanism of the crystalline structure.