Crystal structure of N-[3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-6-bromo-2H-chromen-2-ylidene]-4-methylbenzenamine.

The title compound, C23H15BrN2OS, was the unexpected product in an attempted synthesis of the isomeric 3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-6-bromo-1-p-tolylquinolin-2(1H)-one. The Cchromene N-C angle is wide [125.28 (8)°]. The benzothiazole and chromene ring systems are almost coplanar, with their planes parallel to (110); the toluene ring system is rotated by ca 40° out of the chromene plane. The molecular packing involves layers with π-stacking, borderline 'weak' hydrogen bonds and possible C-H...π - contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]