organic compounds
An orthorhombic polymorph of 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepine
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, and bDepartment of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India
*Correspondence e-mail: w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
The title compound (systematic name: 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide), C15H14N2O, is shown to crystallize as an orthorhombic polymorph to complement the known monoclinic form. The molecular conformations of both forms are very similar, involving a bent conformation for the seven-membered azepine ring and an overall `butterfly' shape. The molecules assemble into chains by way of N—H⋯O bonds and N—H⋯π interactions in both crystal modifications. The two polymorphs appear to form due to different van der Waals interactions between the layer-like sheets of molecules.
Comment
Carbamazepine, (I), is an anticonvulsant agent with many pharmaceutical and medicinal applications (Birkhimer et al., 1985; Nagaraj et al., 2005). Compound (I) is of considerable structural interest as it serves as a model compound for molecular-crystal with four crystalline forms known (Grzesiak et al., 2003). It has been estimated (Henck et al., 1997) that as many as one third of pharmaceutical solids may display crystal which can have a dramatic effect on their physiological properties (Knapman, 2000).
The crystal structures of various derivatives of carbamazepine have been reported (Himes et al., 1981; Lisgarten et al., 1989; Hempel et al., 2005; Nagaraj et al., 2005; Johnston et al., 2005). Recently, the of 5-chlorocarbonyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine, (II), was published (Vijay et al., 2005). The structure of the title compound, 10,11-dihydrocarbamazapine, (III), was reported by Bandoli et al. (1992) to be monoclinic, P21/c. We report here a second, orthorhombic (space group Pbca), modification of (III) (Table 1 and Fig. 1).
The geometric parameters for (III) fall within their expected ranges (Allen et al., 1995). The dihedral angle between the best planes of the two benzene rings (C1–C6 and C9–C14) is 119.03 (4)°, compared with an equivalent value of 118.20 (12)° [calculated with PLATON (Spek, 2003)] in the monoclinic form of (III) (Bandoli et al., 1992). The Bandoli paper cites this dihedral angle as 128°, perhaps as the result of a misprint. The central seven-membered azepine ring (C1/C6–C9/C14/N1) in (I) adopts the so-called bent transition state conformation (Hendrickson, 1967; Bocian & Strauss, 1977), intermediate between the boat and chair forms of a classical cycloheptane ring. In this conformation, five atoms (C1/C6–C8/N1) are almost coplanar [r.m.s. deviation from the best plane = 0.042 Å; maximum deviation = 0.050 (1) Å for atom C7], and atoms C9 and C14 are substantially displaced from the plane by 1.108 (2) and 1.149 (2) Å, respectively. This conformation, commonly seen in 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepines (Vijay et al., 2005), has approximate Cs (mirror) symmetry, with the mirror plane passing through atom C6 and the mid-point of the C9—C14 bond, if atom N1 takes on the identity of a C atom for this analysis. The bond-angle sum of 359.7° about atom N1 in (III) indicates sp2 for this atom and the N1/C15/O1/N2 grouping is statistically planar [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0004 Å; maximum deviation = 0.0008 (11) Å for atom C15]. Overall, this azepine conformation results in the molecule of (III) taking on a `butterfly' shape, as previously described for related carbamazepine derivatives (Vijay et al., 2005).
The –NH2 unit in (III) makes only one N—H⋯O hydrogen bond (Table 2). The H⋯O separation of 2.206 (18) Å suggests that it is a relatively weak interaction. This bond links the molecules into one-dimensional strings propagating in the a direction. The second H atom points towards the centroid of a nearby C9–C14 benzene ring (Fig. 2) and the resulting almost linear N—H⋯π interaction (Rodham et al., 1993) thus appears to help to stabilize the [100] chains.
Any π–π stacking in (III) must be extremely weak, with the shortest aromatic ring centroid–centroid separation being 4.82 Å (Spek, 2003). A very similar situation occurs for the monoclinic polymorph (the shortest centroid–centroid separation is 4.78 Å). This contrasts strongly with the situation in (II), where no conventional hydrogen bonds are possible and π–π stacking dominates the crystal packing.
The monoclinic form of (III) shows a very similar molecular conformation to the title compound. It possesses the same extended chain structure (propagating in the [010] direction), consolidated by N—H⋯O and N—H⋯π interactions as in the orthorhombic form of (III). It differs in the arrangements of adjacent sheets of chains with respect to the monoclinic [001] and orthorhombic [001] directions. In the monoclinic phase, adjacent pseudo-sheets in the c direction all show the same orientation of the carbamoyl groupings (Fig. 3a). In the orthorhombic form (Fig. 3b), adjacent sheets of carbamoyl groupings alternate in a zigzag pattern. Inversion symmetry generates the adjacent [001] layer in the monoclinic phase and a glide operation performs the same task in the orthorhombic modification. No unusually short inter-sheet [001] intermolecular contacts were identified in either phase.
The fact that the density of 1.352 Mg m−3 of orthorhombic (III) reported here is significantly greater than that of the monoclinic form (1.301 Mg m−3) suggests that the new form of (III) may be a more thermodynamically stable polymorph. Monoclinic (III) was recrystallized from ethanol, resulting in parallelepiped-shaped crystals. Thus, it seems likely (and typical) that the solvent plays an important role in determining the polymorph that results.
Experimental
The sample of (III) was kindly supplied by Jubilant Organosys, Nanjangud, India. The compound was recrystallized from acetonitrile (m.p. 473 K).
Crystal data
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Refinement
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The N-bound H atoms were located in a difference map and their positions were freely refined. The C-bound H atoms were positioned geometrically, with C—H distances in the range 0.95–0.99 Å, and refined as riding. The constraint Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier) was applied in all cases.
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SCALEPACK and SORTAV (Blessing, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S0108270106008651/fg3005sup1.cif
contains datablocks III, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock III. DOI: 10.1107/S0108270106008651/fg3005IIIsup2.hkl
The sample of (III) was kindly supplied by Jubilant Organosys, Nanjangud, India. The compound was recrystallized from acetonitrile (m.p. 473 K).
The N-bound H atoms were located in a difference map and their positions were freely refined. The C-bound H atoms were positioned geometrically, with C—H distances in the range 0.95–0.99 Å, and refined as riding. The constraint Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(carrier) was applied in all cases.
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998); cell
HKL SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor 1997); data reduction: HKL DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor 1997), SCALEPACK and SORTAV (Blessing 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.C15H14N2O | F(000) = 1008 |
Mr = 238.28 | Dx = 1.352 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 3022 reflections |
a = 9.0592 (4) Å | θ = 2.9–27.5° |
b = 10.3156 (5) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 25.0534 (12) Å | T = 120 K |
V = 2341.27 (19) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 8 | 0.28 × 0.24 × 0.18 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 2680 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2289 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.042 |
ω and ϕ scans | θmax = 27.6°, θmin = 3.1° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | h = −11→8 |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.987 | k = −13→12 |
16158 measured reflections | l = −32→32 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | Hydrogen site location: difmap (N-H) and geom (C-H) |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.09 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0384P)2 + 1.5004P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2680 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
169 parameters | Δρmax = 0.24 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
C15H14N2O | V = 2341.27 (19) Å3 |
Mr = 238.28 | Z = 8 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 9.0592 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 10.3156 (5) Å | T = 120 K |
c = 25.0534 (12) Å | 0.28 × 0.24 × 0.18 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 2680 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | 2289 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.976, Tmax = 0.987 | Rint = 0.042 |
16158 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.108 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.24 e Å−3 |
2680 reflections | Δρmin = −0.20 e Å−3 |
169 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 0.04963 (15) | 0.45082 (13) | 0.37391 (5) | 0.0177 (3) | |
C2 | 0.14657 (15) | 0.54877 (14) | 0.38949 (5) | 0.0200 (3) | |
H2A | 0.1536 | 0.5714 | 0.4262 | 0.024* | |
C3 | 0.23264 (16) | 0.61353 (14) | 0.35245 (6) | 0.0228 (3) | |
H3 | 0.3000 | 0.6787 | 0.3636 | 0.027* | |
C4 | 0.21937 (17) | 0.58193 (15) | 0.29865 (6) | 0.0253 (3) | |
H4 | 0.2769 | 0.6262 | 0.2727 | 0.030* | |
C5 | 0.12199 (16) | 0.48575 (15) | 0.28318 (6) | 0.0234 (3) | |
H5 | 0.1129 | 0.4661 | 0.2463 | 0.028* | |
C6 | 0.03620 (15) | 0.41617 (13) | 0.31986 (5) | 0.0188 (3) | |
C7 | −0.06149 (16) | 0.30985 (14) | 0.29711 (5) | 0.0208 (3) | |
H7A | 0.0013 | 0.2524 | 0.2751 | 0.025* | |
H7B | −0.1339 | 0.3510 | 0.2729 | 0.025* | |
C8 | −0.14691 (16) | 0.22474 (14) | 0.33658 (5) | 0.0207 (3) | |
H8A | −0.2016 | 0.1570 | 0.3167 | 0.025* | |
H8B | −0.0766 | 0.1811 | 0.3609 | 0.025* | |
C9 | −0.25370 (16) | 0.30443 (13) | 0.36874 (5) | 0.0184 (3) | |
C10 | −0.40531 (16) | 0.30161 (14) | 0.36045 (5) | 0.0212 (3) | |
H10 | −0.4457 | 0.2440 | 0.3347 | 0.025* | |
C11 | −0.49873 (16) | 0.38233 (14) | 0.38948 (5) | 0.0220 (3) | |
H11 | −0.6023 | 0.3794 | 0.3836 | 0.026* | |
C12 | −0.44072 (16) | 0.46712 (13) | 0.42704 (5) | 0.0212 (3) | |
H12 | −0.5047 | 0.5224 | 0.4466 | 0.025* | |
C13 | −0.28875 (16) | 0.47151 (13) | 0.43614 (5) | 0.0197 (3) | |
H13 | −0.2487 | 0.5293 | 0.4618 | 0.024* | |
C14 | −0.19696 (15) | 0.38982 (13) | 0.40696 (5) | 0.0172 (3) | |
C15 | 0.02724 (16) | 0.32816 (13) | 0.45697 (5) | 0.0182 (3) | |
N1 | −0.03947 (12) | 0.39139 (11) | 0.41466 (4) | 0.0181 (3) | |
N2 | −0.06459 (15) | 0.27514 (13) | 0.49331 (5) | 0.0228 (3) | |
H1 | −0.0204 (19) | 0.2325 (18) | 0.5196 (7) | 0.027* | |
H2 | −0.165 (2) | 0.2717 (17) | 0.4898 (7) | 0.027* | |
O1 | 0.16274 (11) | 0.32075 (10) | 0.46096 (4) | 0.0238 (2) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0158 (7) | 0.0189 (6) | 0.0186 (6) | 0.0031 (5) | 0.0004 (5) | 0.0026 (5) |
C2 | 0.0180 (7) | 0.0211 (7) | 0.0210 (6) | 0.0029 (5) | −0.0015 (5) | −0.0005 (5) |
C3 | 0.0187 (7) | 0.0214 (7) | 0.0283 (7) | −0.0003 (6) | −0.0011 (6) | 0.0027 (5) |
C4 | 0.0217 (8) | 0.0286 (8) | 0.0255 (7) | −0.0020 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | 0.0075 (6) |
C5 | 0.0230 (7) | 0.0289 (7) | 0.0181 (6) | 0.0022 (6) | 0.0015 (5) | 0.0029 (5) |
C6 | 0.0172 (7) | 0.0204 (6) | 0.0189 (6) | 0.0031 (5) | 0.0004 (5) | 0.0021 (5) |
C7 | 0.0208 (7) | 0.0248 (7) | 0.0168 (6) | 0.0008 (6) | 0.0008 (5) | −0.0007 (5) |
C8 | 0.0227 (7) | 0.0188 (7) | 0.0207 (6) | −0.0006 (5) | −0.0002 (5) | −0.0013 (5) |
C9 | 0.0195 (7) | 0.0184 (6) | 0.0174 (6) | −0.0008 (5) | −0.0001 (5) | 0.0037 (5) |
C10 | 0.0216 (7) | 0.0224 (7) | 0.0196 (6) | −0.0036 (6) | −0.0021 (5) | 0.0028 (5) |
C11 | 0.0165 (7) | 0.0244 (7) | 0.0251 (7) | −0.0007 (6) | −0.0010 (5) | 0.0080 (6) |
C12 | 0.0214 (7) | 0.0212 (7) | 0.0209 (6) | 0.0039 (5) | 0.0034 (5) | 0.0042 (5) |
C13 | 0.0220 (7) | 0.0196 (6) | 0.0175 (6) | 0.0001 (5) | 0.0000 (5) | 0.0017 (5) |
C14 | 0.0166 (7) | 0.0188 (6) | 0.0163 (6) | 0.0003 (5) | −0.0003 (5) | 0.0041 (5) |
C15 | 0.0208 (7) | 0.0187 (6) | 0.0152 (6) | 0.0014 (5) | −0.0010 (5) | −0.0016 (5) |
N1 | 0.0156 (6) | 0.0234 (6) | 0.0153 (5) | 0.0002 (5) | −0.0001 (4) | 0.0023 (4) |
N2 | 0.0203 (6) | 0.0288 (7) | 0.0192 (6) | 0.0010 (5) | −0.0009 (5) | 0.0065 (5) |
O1 | 0.0181 (5) | 0.0315 (6) | 0.0219 (5) | 0.0017 (4) | −0.0021 (4) | 0.0045 (4) |
C1—C2 | 1.3945 (19) | C8—H8B | 0.9900 |
C1—C6 | 1.4057 (18) | C9—C10 | 1.389 (2) |
C1—N1 | 1.4387 (17) | C9—C14 | 1.3989 (18) |
C2—C3 | 1.3841 (19) | C10—C11 | 1.392 (2) |
C2—H2A | 0.9500 | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
C3—C4 | 1.392 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.388 (2) |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C11—H11 | 0.9500 |
C4—C5 | 1.383 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.396 (2) |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
C5—C6 | 1.4013 (19) | C13—C14 | 1.3914 (19) |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
C6—C7 | 1.5201 (19) | C14—N1 | 1.4398 (17) |
C7—C8 | 1.5321 (19) | C15—O1 | 1.2339 (17) |
C7—H7A | 0.9900 | C15—N2 | 1.3492 (18) |
C7—H7B | 0.9900 | C15—N1 | 1.3836 (16) |
C8—C9 | 1.5036 (19) | N2—H1 | 0.887 (18) |
C8—H8A | 0.9900 | N2—H2 | 0.915 (18) |
C2—C1—C6 | 120.56 (12) | H8A—C8—H8B | 108.0 |
C2—C1—N1 | 117.60 (12) | C10—C9—C14 | 118.60 (13) |
C6—C1—N1 | 121.79 (12) | C10—C9—C8 | 122.99 (12) |
C3—C2—C1 | 121.11 (13) | C14—C9—C8 | 118.34 (12) |
C3—C2—H2A | 119.4 | C9—C10—C11 | 120.68 (13) |
C1—C2—H2A | 119.4 | C9—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
C2—C3—C4 | 119.19 (14) | C11—C10—H10 | 119.7 |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.4 | C12—C11—C10 | 120.06 (13) |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.4 | C12—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
C5—C4—C3 | 119.63 (13) | C10—C11—H11 | 120.0 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.2 | C11—C12—C13 | 120.29 (13) |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.2 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
C4—C5—C6 | 122.51 (13) | C13—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
C4—C5—H5 | 118.7 | C14—C13—C12 | 118.95 (13) |
C6—C5—H5 | 118.7 | C14—C13—H13 | 120.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 116.97 (13) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 116.53 (12) | C13—C14—C9 | 121.42 (13) |
C1—C6—C7 | 126.50 (12) | C13—C14—N1 | 120.99 (12) |
C6—C7—C8 | 117.75 (11) | C9—C14—N1 | 117.58 (12) |
C6—C7—H7A | 107.9 | O1—C15—N2 | 122.25 (12) |
C8—C7—H7A | 107.9 | O1—C15—N1 | 121.72 (12) |
C6—C7—H7B | 107.9 | N2—C15—N1 | 116.03 (12) |
C8—C7—H7B | 107.9 | C15—N1—C1 | 119.97 (11) |
H7A—C7—H7B | 107.2 | C15—N1—C14 | 122.02 (11) |
C9—C8—C7 | 110.94 (11) | C1—N1—C14 | 117.75 (10) |
C9—C8—H8A | 109.5 | C15—N2—H1 | 115.0 (11) |
C7—C8—H8A | 109.5 | C15—N2—H2 | 124.3 (11) |
C9—C8—H8B | 109.5 | H1—N2—H2 | 120.1 (16) |
C7—C8—H8B | 109.5 | ||
C6—C1—C2—C3 | −0.5 (2) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.1 (2) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −177.94 (12) | C12—C13—C14—C9 | 0.34 (19) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | 1.4 (2) | C12—C13—C14—N1 | 179.59 (12) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.7 (2) | C10—C9—C14—C13 | −0.45 (19) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −1.0 (2) | C8—C9—C14—C13 | 176.52 (12) |
C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.8 (2) | C10—C9—C14—N1 | −179.73 (11) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −177.74 (13) | C8—C9—C14—N1 | −2.76 (17) |
C2—C1—C6—C5 | −1.08 (19) | O1—C15—N1—C1 | −0.1 (2) |
N1—C1—C6—C5 | 176.22 (12) | N2—C15—N1—C1 | −179.94 (12) |
C2—C1—C6—C7 | 178.44 (13) | O1—C15—N1—C14 | 173.90 (13) |
N1—C1—C6—C7 | −4.2 (2) | N2—C15—N1—C14 | −5.95 (19) |
C5—C6—C7—C8 | 175.09 (12) | C2—C1—N1—C15 | −60.38 (17) |
C1—C6—C7—C8 | −4.4 (2) | C6—C1—N1—C15 | 122.24 (14) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 62.06 (16) | C2—C1—N1—C14 | 125.37 (13) |
C7—C8—C9—C10 | 106.33 (15) | C6—C1—N1—C14 | −52.01 (17) |
C7—C8—C9—C14 | −70.51 (15) | C13—C14—N1—C15 | 79.78 (17) |
C14—C9—C10—C11 | 0.17 (19) | C9—C14—N1—C15 | −100.94 (15) |
C8—C9—C10—C11 | −176.66 (12) | C13—C14—N1—C1 | −106.10 (14) |
C9—C10—C11—C12 | 0.2 (2) | C9—C14—N1—C1 | 73.18 (16) |
C10—C11—C12—C13 | −0.3 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2—H1···Cg1i | 0.887 (18) | 2.86 | 3.75 | 173 |
N2—H2···O1ii | 0.915 (18) | 2.206 (18) | 2.8970 (16) | 131.7 (14) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (ii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H14N2O |
Mr | 238.28 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pbca |
Temperature (K) | 120 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.0592 (4), 10.3156 (5), 25.0534 (12) |
V (Å3) | 2341.27 (19) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.28 × 0.24 × 0.18 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.976, 0.987 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 16158, 2680, 2289 |
Rint | 0.042 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.651 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.108, 1.09 |
No. of reflections | 2680 |
No. of parameters | 169 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.24, −0.20 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 1998), HKL SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor 1997), HKL DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor 1997), SCALEPACK and SORTAV (Blessing 1995), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997), SHELXL97.
N1—C1—C6—C7 | −4.2 (2) | C8—C9—C14—N1 | −2.76 (17) |
C1—C6—C7—C8 | −4.4 (2) | C6—C1—N1—C14 | −52.01 (17) |
C6—C7—C8—C9 | 62.06 (16) | C9—C14—N1—C1 | 73.18 (16) |
C7—C8—C9—C14 | −70.51 (15) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N2—H1···Cg1i | 0.887 (18) | 2.86 | 3.75 | 173 |
N2—H2···O1ii | 0.915 (18) | 2.206 (18) | 2.8970 (16) | 131.7 (14) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (ii) x−1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1. |
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Carbamazepine, (I), is an anticonvulsant agent with many pharmaceutical and medicinal applications (Birkhimer et al., 1985; Nagaraj et al., 2005). Compound (I) is of considerable structural interest as it serves as a model compound for molecular-crystal polymorphism, with four crystalline forms known (Grzesiak et al., 2003). It has been estimated (Henck et al., 1997) that as many as one third of pharmaceutical solids may display crystal polymorphism which can have a dramatic effect on their physiological properties (Knapman, 2000).
The crystal structures of various derivatives of carbamazepine have been reported (Himes et al., 1981; Lisgarten et al., 1989; Hempel et al., 2005; Nagaraj et al., 2005; Johnston et al., 2005). Recently, the crystal structure of 5-chlorocarbonyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine, (II), was published (Vijay et al., 2005). The structure of the title compound, 10,11-dihydrocarbamazapine, (III), was reported by Bandoli et al. (1992) to be monoclinic, space group P21/c. Here, we report a second, orthorhombic (space group Pbca), modification of (III) (Table 1; Fig. 1).
The geometric parameters for (III) fall within their expected ranges (Allen et al., 1995). The dihedral angle between the best planes of the two benzene rings (C1–C6 and C9–C14) is 119.03 (4)°, compared with an equivalent value of 118.20 (12)° [calculated with PLATON (Spek, 2003)] in the monoclinic form of (III) (Bandoli et al., 1992). The Bandoli paper cites this dihedral angle as 128°, perhaps as the result of a misprint. The central seven-membered azepine ring (C1/C6–C9/C14/N1) in (I) adopts the so-called bent transition state conformation (Hendrickson, 1967; Bocian & Strauss, 1977), intermediate between the boat and chair forms of a classical cycloheptane ring. In this conformation, five atoms (C1/C6–C8/N1) are almost co-planar [r.m.s. deviation from the best plane = 0.042 Å; maximum deviation = 0.050 (1) Å for C7], and atoms C9 and C14 are substantially displaced from the plane by 1.108 (2) and 1.149 (2) Å, respectively. This conformation, commonly seen in 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepines (Vijay et al., 2005), has approximate Cs (mirror) symmetry, with the mirror plane passing through atom C6 and the midpoint of the C9—C14 bond, if atom N1 takes on the identity of a C atom for this analysis. The bond-angle sum of 359.7° about N1 in (III) indicates sp2 hybridization for this atom and the N1/C15/O1/N2 grouping is statistically planar [r.m.s. deviation = 0.0004 Å; maximum deviation = 0.0008 (11) Å for atom C15]. Overall, this azepine conformation results in the molecule of (III) taking on a `butterfly' shape, as previously described for related carbamazepine derivatives (Vijay et al., 2005).
The –NH2 unit in (III) makes only one N—H···O hydrogen bond (Table 2). The H···O separation of 2.206 (18) Å suggests it is a relatively weak interaction. This bond links the molecules into one-dimensional strings propagating in the a direction. The second H atom points towards the centroid of a nearby C9–C14 benzene ring (Fig. 2) and the resulting almost linear N—H···π interaction (Rodham et al., 1993) thus appears to help to stabilize the [100] chains.
Any π–π stacking in (III) must be extremely weak, with the shortest aromatic ring centriod···centroid separation being 4.82 Å (Spek, 2003). A very similar situation occurs for the monoclinic polymorph (shortest centroid···centroid separation = 4.78 Å). This contrasts strongly with the situation in (II), where no conventional hydrogen bonds are possible and π–π stacking dominates the crystal packing.
The monoclinic form of (III) shows a very similar molecular conformation to the title compound. It possesses the same extended chain structure (propagating in the [010] direction), consolidated by N—H···O and N—H···π interactions as in the orthorhombic form of (III). It differs in the arrangements of adjacent sheets of chains with respect to the monoclinic [001] and orthorhombic [001] directions. In the monoclinic phase, adjacent pseudo-sheets in the c direction all show the same orientation of the carbamoyl groupings (Fig. 3a). In the orthorhombic form (Fig. 3b), adjacent sheets of carbamoyl groupings alternate in a zigzag pattern. Inversion symmetry generates the adjacent [001] layer in the monoclinic phase and a glide operation performs the same task in the orthorhombic modification. No unusually short inter-sheet [001] intermolecular contacts were identified in either phase.
The fact that the density of 1.352 Mg m−3 of orthorhombic (III) reported here is significantly greater than that of the monoclinic form (1.301 Mg m−3) suggests that the new form of (III) may be a more stable polymorph. Monoclinic (III) was recrystallized from ethanol, resulting in parallelepiped-shaped crystals. Thus, it seems likely (and typical) that the solvent plays an important role in determining the polymorph that results.