A degraded dehydroabietylamine thiophene imine （C24H30NS, Mr = 364.55） has been synthesized from dehydroabietic acid, and its structure was characterized by IR, IH NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. White crystals of the title compound crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group P21 with a = 5.9490（12）, b = 16.337（3）, c = 10.780（2）A, β = 92.21（3）°, V = 1046.9（3）A^3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.156 g/cm^3, λ= 0.71073A,μ = 0.162 mm^-1, F（000） = 394, the final R = 0.0443 and wR = 0.0805 for 1325 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. The imine group was directly attached to the chiral carbon atom of tricyclo hydrophenthenrane structure with a trans configuration. The dihedral angle between two aromatic rings is 88.3°.
