Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-5-phenyl-3-[(pyridin-4-ylmethylidene)amino]-thiazolidin-2-iminium bromide monohydrate.

In the cation of the title salt, C15H15N4S+.Br.H2O, the central thiazolidine ring adopts an envelope conformation with puckering parameters Q(2) = 0.279 (4) Å and φ(2) = 222.5 (9)°. The mean plane of the thiazolidine ring makes dihedral angles of 12.4 (2) and 66.8 (3)° with the pyridine and phenyl rings, respectively. The pyridine ring in the title molecule is essentially planar (r.m.s deviation = 0.005 Å). In the crystal, the cations, anions and water molecules are linked into a three-dimensional network, which forms cross layers parallel to the (120) and (120) planes via O--H...Br, N--H...Br and N--H...N hydrogen bonds. C-- H...π interactions also help in the stabilization of the molecular packing. Hirshfeld surface analysis and 2D (two-dimensional) fingerprint plots indicate that the most important contributions to the crystal packing are from H...H (35.5%), C...H/H...C (23.9%), Br...H/H...Br (16.4%), N...H/H...N (10.6%) and S...H/H...S (7.9%) interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]