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organic compounds
The imidazothiazole bicyclic unit of the title compound, C12H11N2S+·I−, is planar. The deviation of the C atom of the methyl group from this plane is 0.1 Å and the dihedral angle with the plane of the phenyl ring is 46°. The shortest cation–anion distance is IS of 3.722 (1) Å.