Flat versus twisted rotamers of 2,4-disubstituted thiazoles: the effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonds.

In the title compounds, 2-amino-4-(2-chloro-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,3-thiazole, C(11)H(11)ClN(2)O(2)S, (I), and 4-(2-chloro-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-1,3-thiazole, C(12)H(12)ClNO(2)S, (II), the dihedral angles between the thiazole moiety and the chloroaryl group are 51.61 (10) and 8.44 (14), respectively.