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organic compounds
The title molecule, C11H15NOS, consists of a seven-membered azepine ring fused to both a five-membered thiophene ring and a six-membered piperidine ring so that a methylene bridge links positions 5 and 9. The thiophene ring is planar, while the azepine ring adopts a pseudo-chair conformation with a pseudo-equatorial hydroxy group at C10. The 1,3-fused piperidine ring also possesses a chair conformation.