The role of non-bonded interactions involving sulphur in the crystal engineering of 4 Å short axis structures. Unusual topochemical reactivity of 4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazole-2(1H)-thione

Abstract

Directionally specific interstack S ⋯ S and S ⋯ Cl contacts may be employed to engineer crystal structures such that a 4 Å short axis is obtained; a representative compound, the crystal structure of which has been determined, and which additionally exhibits unusual solid-state reactivity, is the title thione (1).