Methyl 3-(2-Oxobenzo­thia­zolin-3-yl)­propanoate

Abstract

In the title compound, C<inf>6</inf>H<inf>4</inf>SC(O)NCH <inf>2</inf>CH<inf>2</inf>COOCH<inf>3</inf>, the bicyclic benzothiazole system is planar within 0.025 Å; the displacements of the carbonyl oxygen and the β-carbon atom of the methylpropionate substituent from the benzothiazole mean plane are -0.028 (2) and 0.002 (2) A°, respectively. There is a short intermolecular C-H⋯O contact between the α atom of the methyl propionate substituent and the carbonyl oxygen of the oxobenzothiazole group [C⋯O 3.241 (2) Å]. These contacts link the molecules into infinite chains, running along the b axis of the crystal. © 2003 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Great Britain - all rights reserved.