2,4-Dimethyl-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid: an X-ray structural study at 100 K and Hirshfeld surface analysis

The crystal structure of the title thiazolecarboxylic acid derivative, C(6)H(7)NO(2)S, (I), has been determined from single-crystal X-ray analysis at 100 K. In the crystal packing, an interplay of O-H···N and C-H···O hydrogen bonds connects the molecules to form C(6)R(2)(2)(8) polymeric chains, which are further linked via weak C-H···O hydrogen bonds into a two-dimensional supramolecular framework. The relative contributions of different interactions to the Hirshfeld surface in (I) and a few related thiazolecarboxylic acid derivatives indicate that the H···H, N···H and O···H contacts can account for about 50-70% of the total Hirshfeld surface area in this class of compound.