The crystal structure of 2-cyano-3-(2-thienyl)prop-2-enethioamide (C 8 H 6 N 2 S 2 ), a propanethioamide derivative was solved from high resolution laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data collected at ambient conditions. Structure determination was performed by means of the global optimization method of simulated annealing at a resolution of 1.5 Å. Rietveld refinement yielded an R WP value of 4.02% (P2 1 /a, a = 15.8174(2) Å, b = 5.6502(1) Å, c = 11.0952(1) Å, β = 116.9923(7)°, V= 883.6(5) Å 3 , Z=4). The molecules are stacked in parallel layers and are stabilized by hydrogen bonds.