2-[(1,3-Benzo­thia­zol-2-yl)imino­meth­yl]-6-meth­oxy­phenol: a new monoclinic polymorph

The title compound, C₁₅H₁₂N₂O₂S, is a P2₁/c polymorph of a previously reported P2₁/n polymorph [Büyükgüngör et al. (2004). Acta Cryst. E60, o1414–o1416]. The dihedral angle between the benzo­thia­zole (r.m.s. deviation = 0.010 Å) and the benzene ring of 7.86 (6)° compares with 10.76 (10)° in the literature structure. The meth­oxy substituent is almost coplanar with the benzene ring to which it is attached [C—O—C—C torsion angle = 178.31 (14)°] and the conformation about the imine bond [1.287 (2) Å] is E. There is an intra­molecular O—H...N hydrogen bond and the hy­droxy O and thio­ether S atoms are syn. In the crystal, columns are formed along the b axis as centrosymmetric dimeric aggregates, mediated by C—H...O inter­actions and linked by π–π inter­actions between the thia­zole and benzene rings [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.8256 (10) Å].