Crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis, DFT optimized molecular structure and the molecular docking studies of 1-[2-(cyanosulfanyl)acetyl]-3-methyl-2,6-bis(4-methylphenyl)piperidin-4-one

The two molecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C23H24N2O2S, have a structural overlap with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.82 angstrom. The piperidine rings adopt a distorted boat conformation. Intra- and intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds are responsible for the cohesion of the crystal packing. The intermolecular interactions were quantified and analysed using Hirshfeld surface analysis. The molecular structure optimized by density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)level is compared with the experimentally determined molecular structure in the solid state.