Crystal structure of 4-[benzylideneamino]-3-thiophen-2-yl-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-[1,2,4]triazole-5-one

The crystal structure of the title compound C₁₄H₁₂N₄OS was determined by the X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group $P\overline{1}$ with Z = 2. The molecule is not planar: the dihedral angle between the triazole and thiophene rings is 73.98(2)°, and that between the triazole and benzene rings is 4.05(2)°. The thiophene ring is disordered over two positions, which are approximately parallel and oppositely oriented. The major component refined to a site-occupancy factor of 0.573(3). An intramolecular C-H...O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, molecules are linked together by two pairs of N-H...O interactions (to the same O atom as acceptor), forming inversion dimers. The crystal packing is also stabilized by π-π interactions [centroid-centroid distance is 3.978 Å].