NZOTHIAZOL-2-YL)-2-(2-BROMO-5-NITRIPHENYL)ETHANONE

The title compound, C15H9BrN2O3S, was isolated as an unexpected produc t from the reaction of the anion of sodium 2-(1,3-benzothiazolyl)ethan onitrile with alpha,2-dibromo-5-nitrotoluene. Its structure features a benzothiazole fragment and a bromo- and nitro-substituted phenyl ring linked by a methyl ketone group. The dihedral angle between the benzo thiazole and phenyl rings is 103.7 (2)degrees. The benzothiazole fragm ent is planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.021 (2) Angstrom. The nit ro group is slightly rotated out of the phenyl-ring plane, with a O(2) -N(2)-C(14)-C(15) torsion angle of 16.4 (7)degrees.