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June 2008  

Received 5 May 2008
Accepted 7 May 2008
Online 10 May 2008

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 294 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.002 Å
R = 0.046
wR = 0.090
Data-to-parameter ratio = 11.8
Details

5,7,9,10-Tetrahydro-5[beta],10[beta]-methano-3a[alpha],8a[alpha]-methylpropenocycloocta[1,2-c:5,6-c']dipyrazole-3,8(2H,4H)-dione monohydrate

aSchool of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2052
Correspondence e-mail: m.scudder@unsw.edu.au

The racemic title compound, C15H16N4O2·H2O, crystallizes as a hydrogen-bonded layer structure incorporating the solvent water molecules. Within the layers, there are three distinct hydrogen-bonding motifs which can be classified as R22(8), R42(8) and R44(12).

Related literature

For related literature, see: Chan et al. (2008[Chan, I. Y. H., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C., Scudder, M. L. & Yue, W. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, o841.]); Yue et al. (1997[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Scudder, M. L. & Craig, D. C. (1997). J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, pp. 2937-2946.], 2000[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2000). Tetrahedron, 56, 6667-6673.], 2007[Yue, W., Bishop, R., Craig, D. C. & Scudder, M. L. (2007). Acta Cryst. E63, o4689.]). For hydrogen-bonding analysis, see: Etter (1990[Etter, M. C. (1990). Acc. Chem. Res. 23, 120-126.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C15H16N4O2·H2O

  • Mr = 302.3

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 6.478 (1) Å

  • b = 8.157 (1) Å

  • c = 14.812 (2) Å

  • [alpha] = 85.412 (9)°

  • [beta] = 88.369 (8)°

  • [gamma] = 67.089 (11)°

  • V = 718.6 (2) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Cu K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.82 mm-1

  • T = 294 K

  • 0.30 × 0.25 × 0.22 mm

Data collection
  • Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: none

  • 2695 measured reflections

  • 2695 independent reflections

  • 2365 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • 1 standard reflections frequency: 30 min intensity decay: none

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.045

  • wR(F2) = 0.089

  • S = 1.64

  • 2357 reflections

  • 200 parameters

  • H-atom parameters not refined

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.34 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.22 e Å-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
N2-HN2...OWi 1.00 1.83 2.763 (3) 154
N4-HN4...O2ii 1.00 2.00 2.858 (2) 143
OW-H1OW...O1 1.00 1.85 2.844 (2) 169
OW-H2OW...O1iii 1.00 1.81 2.796 (2) 169
Symmetry codes: (i) -x+1, -y+2, -z+1; (ii) -x+1, -y, -z; (iii) -x, -y+2, -z+1.

Data collection: CAD-4 (Schagen et al., 1989[Schagen, J. D., Straver, L., van Meurs, F. & Williams, G. (1989). CAD-4 Manual. Enraf-Nonius, Delft, The Netherlands.]); cell refinement: CAD-4; data reduction: local program; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994[Altomare, A., Cascarano, G., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Burla, M. C., Polidori, G. & Camalli, M. (1994). J. Appl. Cryst. 27, 435.]); program(s) used to refine structure: RAELS (Rae, 2000[Rae, A. D. (2000). RAELS. Australian National University, Canberra.]); molecular graphics: ORTEPII (Johnson, 1976[Johnson, C. K. (1976). ORTEPII. Report ORNL-5138. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.]) and CrystalMaker (CrystalMaker Software, 2005[CrystalMaker Software (2005). CrystalMaker. CrystalMaker Software, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. www.CrystalMaker.co.uk.]); software used to prepare material for publication: local programs.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: TK2269 ).


Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Australian Research Council.

References

Altomare, A., Cascarano, G., Giacovazzo, C., Guagliardi, A., Burla, M. C., Polidori, G. & Camalli, M. (1994). J. Appl. Cryst. 27, 435.  [CrossRef] [details]
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Yue, W., Bishop, R., Scudder, M. L. & Craig, D. C. (1997). J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, pp. 2937-2946.


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