Gangadharan, RajeswariMuralisankar, MathiyanSreekanth, AnandaramRahman, Abdullakutty AneesSethusankar, K2026-08-252026-08-252016-04-052056-9890https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989016005326http://nitt.ndl.gov.in/handle/123456789/244In the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H17N3O2S, there are two independent molecules (A and B), which show an E conformation with respect to the C=N bond. An intramolecular O - H⋯N hydrogen bond with an S(6) motif stabilizes the molecular structure. The terminal phenyl and benzene rings are almost orthogonal to each other, the dihedral angle being 87.47(13)° for molecule A and 89.86(17)° for molecule B. In the crystal, weak bifurcated N - H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds link the two independent molecules, forming a supramolecular chain with a C 2 1(14)[R 2 1(5)] motif along the b axis. A weak C - H⋯O interaction is also observed in the chain. © 2016.enArticle