F. Nicolo et al., 7-Chloro-1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-1H,3H-thiazolo[3,4-a]benzimidazole and 1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-6-methyl-1H,3H-thiazolo[3,4-a]benzimidazole, ACT CRYST C, 57, 2001, pp. 572-574
The title molecules, C15H9ClF2N2S and C16H12F2N2S, respectively, display th
e well known butterfly-like conformation with a flat thiazolobenzimidazole
system. In both compounds, the mean plane through the tricyclic system is a
lmost perpendicular to the 2,6-difluorophenyl ring. This arrangement of the
aryl group is determined by two intramolecular hydrogen bonds and by an at
tractive F . . .S interaction.