1-(1,3-Benzothiazol-2-yl)-2-(2-bromo-5-nitrophenyl)ethanone

The title compound, C₁₅H₉BrN₂O₃S, was isolated as an unexpected product from the reaction of sodium 2-(1,3-benzothiazolyl)ethanonitrile with α,2-dibromo-5-nitrotoluene. Its structure features a benzothiazole fragment and the bromo- and nitro-substituted phenyl ring linked by a methyl ketone group. The dihedral angle between the benzothiazole and the phenyl ring is 103.7 (2)°. The benzothiazole fragment is planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.021 (2) Å. The nitro 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)°.

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