Acta Cryst. (2002). E58, o1150-o1151  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680201735X ]

2-Phenylpyrrolo[2,3-h]quinoline dihydrate

D. E. Lynch and I. McClenaghan

Abstract: The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₇H₁₂N₂·2H₂O, comprises an essentially flat molecule, with the phenyl ring being inclined at 18.7  (1)° to the plane of the pyrrolo[2,3-h]quinoline moiety, packed with two water molecules per asymmetric unit, all in a tetragonal lattice. One water molecule is involved in hydrogen-bonding associations with both pyrrolo-NH and quinoline-N sites while, as part of the overall hydrogen-bonding network, both water molecules and their symmetry equivalents construct a `Chinese lantern' arrangement.

Online 27 September 2002

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