4-Methyl-N-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)-N-[4-(4-methylphenyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl] benzenesulfonamide

Abstract

There are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C24H22N2O4S3. In each, the sulfonamide N atoms reveal nearly a trigonal-planar geometry with two S atoms of the O=S=O groups and one C atom of the thiazole ring; the angles around the N atoms are between 117.00(13) and 123.86(9)°. The methylphenylsulfonyl groups are in anti conformations, forming dihedral angles of 78.00(7)/72.53(5) and 77.09(6)/71.50(7)° with the trigonal S-N-S planes in the two molecules. The thiazole groups are rotated around the C-N bonds and are almost perpendicular to the S-N-S plane [dihedral angles of 78.00(7)/72.53(5) and 77.09(6)/71.50(7)°]. In the crystal, pairs of C-H⋯O interactions, with the O atoms of the sulfonamide groups as acceptors, link each of the independent molecules into inversion dimers.