{2-[(1,3-Benzothiazol-2-yl) methoxy]-5-fluorophenyl}(4-chlorophenyl)-methanone

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C21H13ClFNO2S, contains two independent molecules with similar conformations. In the molecules, the thiazole ring is essentially planar [maximum atomic deviations = 0.014 (4) and 0.023 (5) angstrom] and is oriented with respect to the fluorophenyl ring and chlorophenyl rings at 9.96 (18) and 70.39 (18)degrees in one molecule and at 7.50 (18) and 68.43 (18)degrees in the other; the dihedral angles between the fluorophenyl and chlorophenyl rings are 64.9 (2) and 64.6 (2)degrees, respectively. Intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O and C-H center dot center dot center dot F hydrogen bonds stabilize the three-dimensional supramolecular architecture. Weak C-H center dot center dot center dot pi and pi-pi interactions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.877 (3) angstrom] lead to a criss-cross molecular packing along the c axis.