organic compounds
Memantinium chloride 0.1-hydrate
aDepartment of Pharmacy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital of School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Institute of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, People's Republic of China, and bCenter of Analysis and Measurement, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: huxiurong@yahoo.com.cn
The 12H22N+·Cl−·0.1H2O, consists of (3,5-dimethyl-1-adamantyl)ammonium chloride (memantinium chloride) and uncoordinated water molecules. The four six-membered rings of the memantinium cation assume typical chair conformations. The Cl− counter-anion links with the memantinium cation via N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonding, forming channels where the disordered crystal water molecules are located. The O atom of the water molecule is located on a threefold rotation axis, its two H atoms symmetrically distributed over six sites; the water molecule links with the Cl− anions via O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonding.
of the title compound, CRelated literature
For applications of memantine in medicine, see: Parsons et al. (1999); Tariot et al. (2004). For a related structure, see: Zahid et al. (2009). The H atoms of the ncoordinated water molecule were placed at calculated positions, see: Nardelli (1999).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 2006); cell PROCESS-AUTO; data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536809031791/xu2585sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809031791/xu2585Isup2.hkl
The crude product is supplied by Zhejiang Apeloa Pharmaceutical Co.,LTD. It was recrystallized from ethanol solution, giving colorless crystals of (1) suitable for X-ray diffraction.
Site occupancy factor of the water O1 atom was refined to 0.093 and fixed as 0.1 at the final cycles of
The two H atoms of the water molecule were placed at calculated positions (Nardelli, 1999), and refined as riding in as-found relative positions with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(O). Other H atoms were placed in calculated positions with C—H = 0.96–0.98 Å and N—H = 0.89 Å, and included in the in riding model, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) and 1.5Ueq(N).Data collection: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 2006); cell
PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 2006); data reduction: CrystalStructure (Rigaku, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).C12H22N·Cl·0.1(H2O) | Dx = 1.094 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 217.56 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Trigonal, R3c | Cell parameters from 10816 reflections |
Hall symbol: R 3 -2"c | θ = 3.2–27.4° |
a = 28.3787 (11) Å | µ = 0.26 mm−1 |
c = 8.5236 (4) Å | T = 294 K |
V = 5944.8 (4) Å3 | Block, colorless |
Z = 18 | 0.41 × 0.18 × 0.16 mm |
F(000) = 2142 |
Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer | 2845 independent reflections |
Radiation source: rolling anode | 1671 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.043 |
Detector resolution: 10.00 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.4°, θmin = 3.2° |
ω scans | h = −36→36 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | k = −36→36 |
Tmin = 0.888, Tmax = 0.959 | l = −11→9 |
18491 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.034 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0331P)2 + 3.5112P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
S = 1.09 | Δρmax = 0.28 e Å−3 |
2845 reflections | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
132 parameters | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
1 restraint | Extinction coefficient: 0.00185 (17) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1329 Friedel pairs |
Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map | Absolute structure parameter: 0.06 (9) |
C12H22N·Cl·0.1(H2O) | Z = 18 |
Mr = 217.56 | Mo Kα radiation |
Trigonal, R3c | µ = 0.26 mm−1 |
a = 28.3787 (11) Å | T = 294 K |
c = 8.5236 (4) Å | 0.41 × 0.18 × 0.16 mm |
V = 5944.8 (4) Å3 |
Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer | 2845 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) | 1671 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.888, Tmax = 0.959 | Rint = 0.043 |
18491 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.034 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.104 | Δρmax = 0.28 e Å−3 |
S = 1.09 | Δρmin = −0.31 e Å−3 |
2845 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1329 Friedel pairs |
132 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.06 (9) |
1 restraint |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 | Occ. (<1) | |
N1 | 0.33309 (10) | 0.56273 (9) | 0.6470 (3) | 0.0597 (6) | |
H1A | 0.3632 | 0.5911 | 0.6098 | 0.090* | |
H1B | 0.3320 | 0.5656 | 0.7508 | 0.090* | |
H1C | 0.3041 | 0.5620 | 0.6046 | 0.090* | |
C1 | 0.33298 (13) | 0.51132 (11) | 0.6066 (3) | 0.0552 (7) | |
C7 | 0.28247 (16) | 0.41097 (14) | 0.6378 (5) | 0.0840 (10) | |
H7 | 0.2498 | 0.3798 | 0.6813 | 0.101* | |
C5 | 0.38468 (14) | 0.46190 (13) | 0.6423 (4) | 0.0727 (9) | |
C4 | 0.38361 (11) | 0.51418 (10) | 0.6791 (3) | 0.0621 (7) | |
H4A | 0.3833 | 0.5187 | 0.7918 | 0.074* | |
H4B | 0.4160 | 0.5453 | 0.6370 | 0.074* | |
C12 | 0.43554 (15) | 0.46469 (17) | 0.7130 (5) | 0.1084 (13) | |
H12A | 0.4674 | 0.4950 | 0.6689 | 0.130* | |
H12B | 0.4357 | 0.4317 | 0.6898 | 0.130* | |
H12C | 0.4355 | 0.4691 | 0.8246 | 0.130* | |
C2 | 0.28213 (12) | 0.46352 (12) | 0.6771 (4) | 0.0720 (8) | |
H2A | 0.2498 | 0.4621 | 0.6339 | 0.086* | |
H2B | 0.2819 | 0.4678 | 0.7899 | 0.086* | |
C10 | 0.38348 (15) | 0.45520 (14) | 0.4635 (4) | 0.0764 (9) | |
H10A | 0.4159 | 0.4856 | 0.4190 | 0.092* | |
H10B | 0.3841 | 0.4222 | 0.4388 | 0.092* | |
C3 | 0.33333 (14) | 0.50494 (13) | 0.4295 (3) | 0.0647 (9) | |
H3A | 0.3653 | 0.5360 | 0.3853 | 0.078* | |
H3B | 0.3014 | 0.5037 | 0.3844 | 0.078* | |
C6 | 0.33304 (14) | 0.41367 (13) | 0.7103 (5) | 0.0874 (10) | |
H6A | 0.3331 | 0.3801 | 0.6888 | 0.105* | |
H6B | 0.3324 | 0.4177 | 0.8232 | 0.105* | |
C9 | 0.33374 (13) | 0.45250 (12) | 0.3886 (4) | 0.0732 (8) | |
C11 | 0.33487 (18) | 0.44638 (16) | 0.2099 (4) | 0.1064 (14) | |
H11A | 0.3670 | 0.4769 | 0.1678 | 0.128* | |
H11B | 0.3032 | 0.4450 | 0.1644 | 0.128* | |
H11C | 0.3351 | 0.4134 | 0.1858 | 0.128* | |
C8 | 0.28330 (16) | 0.40466 (14) | 0.4610 (5) | 0.0876 (11) | |
H8A | 0.2509 | 0.4025 | 0.4157 | 0.105* | |
H8B | 0.2829 | 0.3711 | 0.4369 | 0.105* | |
Cl1 | 0.22918 (3) | 0.56280 (3) | 0.51793 (11) | 0.0756 (2) | |
O1 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.800 (4) | 0.181 (9) | 0.30 |
H1E | 0.3330 | 0.6410 | 0.8557 | 0.272* | 0.10 |
H1F | 0.3070 | 0.6480 | 0.7275 | 0.272* | 0.10 |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
N1 | 0.0637 (13) | 0.0571 (13) | 0.0653 (14) | 0.0355 (12) | −0.0009 (11) | 0.0000 (11) |
C1 | 0.0562 (17) | 0.0471 (16) | 0.065 (2) | 0.0274 (14) | 0.0031 (14) | 0.0011 (13) |
C7 | 0.077 (2) | 0.0513 (19) | 0.112 (3) | 0.0234 (17) | 0.011 (2) | 0.0112 (17) |
C5 | 0.074 (2) | 0.0604 (19) | 0.094 (3) | 0.0408 (18) | −0.0034 (17) | 0.0013 (17) |
C4 | 0.0613 (16) | 0.0568 (16) | 0.0704 (18) | 0.0312 (13) | −0.0010 (14) | 0.0009 (14) |
C12 | 0.110 (3) | 0.110 (3) | 0.137 (4) | 0.079 (3) | −0.029 (3) | −0.011 (2) |
C2 | 0.0639 (18) | 0.0590 (17) | 0.088 (2) | 0.0269 (15) | 0.0116 (15) | 0.0076 (15) |
C10 | 0.083 (2) | 0.066 (2) | 0.091 (2) | 0.0453 (18) | 0.0076 (18) | −0.0068 (18) |
C3 | 0.074 (2) | 0.0591 (18) | 0.066 (2) | 0.0364 (17) | −0.0033 (17) | −0.0064 (14) |
C6 | 0.102 (3) | 0.064 (2) | 0.101 (3) | 0.0448 (19) | 0.009 (2) | 0.0171 (18) |
C9 | 0.088 (2) | 0.0599 (17) | 0.077 (2) | 0.0406 (17) | −0.0032 (17) | −0.0150 (15) |
C11 | 0.150 (4) | 0.094 (3) | 0.085 (3) | 0.069 (3) | −0.009 (2) | −0.028 (2) |
C8 | 0.086 (3) | 0.0538 (19) | 0.115 (3) | 0.0293 (19) | −0.011 (2) | −0.016 (2) |
Cl1 | 0.0867 (6) | 0.0914 (6) | 0.0679 (4) | 0.0589 (4) | −0.0076 (5) | −0.0064 (5) |
O1 | 0.145 (9) | 0.145 (9) | 0.25 (3) | 0.073 (4) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
N1—C1 | 1.497 (3) | C2—H2A | 0.9700 |
N1—H1A | 0.8900 | C2—H2B | 0.9700 |
N1—H1B | 0.8900 | C10—C9 | 1.516 (5) |
N1—H1C | 0.8900 | C10—H10A | 0.9700 |
C1—C3 | 1.521 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9700 |
C1—C2 | 1.525 (4) | C3—C9 | 1.534 (4) |
C1—C4 | 1.529 (4) | C3—H3A | 0.9700 |
C7—C8 | 1.519 (5) | C3—H3B | 0.9700 |
C7—C6 | 1.529 (5) | C6—H6A | 0.9700 |
C7—C2 | 1.533 (5) | C6—H6B | 0.9700 |
C7—H7 | 0.9800 | C9—C8 | 1.526 (5) |
C5—C12 | 1.529 (4) | C9—C11 | 1.535 (5) |
C5—C4 | 1.532 (4) | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C5—C10 | 1.534 (4) | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C5—C6 | 1.533 (5) | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
C4—H4A | 0.9700 | C8—H8A | 0.9700 |
C4—H4B | 0.9700 | C8—H8B | 0.9700 |
C12—H12A | 0.9600 | O1—H1E | 0.8634 |
C12—H12B | 0.9600 | O1—H1F | 0.9108 |
C12—H12C | 0.9600 | ||
C1—N1—H1A | 109.5 | C7—C2—H2B | 110.0 |
C1—N1—H1B | 109.5 | H2A—C2—H2B | 108.4 |
H1A—N1—H1B | 109.5 | C9—C10—C5 | 112.8 (3) |
C1—N1—H1C | 109.5 | C9—C10—H10A | 109.0 |
H1A—N1—H1C | 109.5 | C5—C10—H10A | 109.0 |
H1B—N1—H1C | 109.5 | C9—C10—H10B | 109.0 |
N1—C1—C3 | 110.3 (3) | C5—C10—H10B | 109.0 |
N1—C1—C2 | 108.4 (2) | H10A—C10—H10B | 107.8 |
C3—C1—C2 | 110.2 (2) | C1—C3—C9 | 110.2 (3) |
N1—C1—C4 | 108.1 (2) | C1—C3—H3A | 109.6 |
C3—C1—C4 | 110.2 (2) | C9—C3—H3A | 109.6 |
C2—C1—C4 | 109.5 (2) | C1—C3—H3B | 109.6 |
C8—C7—C6 | 109.7 (3) | C9—C3—H3B | 109.6 |
C8—C7—C2 | 109.8 (3) | H3A—C3—H3B | 108.1 |
C6—C7—C2 | 109.0 (3) | C7—C6—C5 | 110.2 (3) |
C8—C7—H7 | 109.4 | C7—C6—H6A | 109.6 |
C6—C7—H7 | 109.4 | C5—C6—H6A | 109.6 |
C2—C7—H7 | 109.4 | C7—C6—H6B | 109.6 |
C12—C5—C4 | 110.2 (3) | C5—C6—H6B | 109.6 |
C12—C5—C10 | 111.1 (3) | H6A—C6—H6B | 108.1 |
C4—C5—C10 | 108.2 (2) | C10—C9—C8 | 108.1 (3) |
C12—C5—C6 | 110.7 (3) | C10—C9—C3 | 108.3 (3) |
C4—C5—C6 | 108.3 (3) | C8—C9—C3 | 108.2 (3) |
C10—C5—C6 | 108.2 (3) | C10—C9—C11 | 110.6 (3) |
C1—C4—C5 | 109.8 (2) | C8—C9—C11 | 111.3 (3) |
C1—C4—H4A | 109.7 | C3—C9—C11 | 110.2 (3) |
C5—C4—H4A | 109.7 | C9—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
C1—C4—H4B | 109.7 | C9—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4B | 109.7 | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
H4A—C4—H4B | 108.2 | C9—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C5—C12—H12A | 109.5 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C5—C12—H12B | 109.5 | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H12A—C12—H12B | 109.5 | C7—C8—C9 | 111.0 (3) |
C5—C12—H12C | 109.5 | C7—C8—H8A | 109.4 |
H12A—C12—H12C | 109.5 | C9—C8—H8A | 109.4 |
H12B—C12—H12C | 109.5 | C7—C8—H8B | 109.4 |
C1—C2—C7 | 108.4 (3) | C9—C8—H8B | 109.4 |
C1—C2—H2A | 110.0 | H8A—C8—H8B | 108.0 |
C7—C2—H2A | 110.0 | H1E—O1—H1F | 102.8 |
C1—C2—H2B | 110.0 | ||
N1—C1—C4—C5 | 179.2 (2) | C8—C7—C6—C5 | 59.3 (4) |
C3—C1—C4—C5 | −60.1 (3) | C2—C7—C6—C5 | −61.0 (4) |
C2—C1—C4—C5 | 61.2 (3) | C12—C5—C6—C7 | −179.5 (3) |
C12—C5—C4—C1 | 179.4 (3) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | 59.6 (4) |
C10—C5—C4—C1 | 57.8 (3) | C10—C5—C6—C7 | −57.5 (4) |
C6—C5—C4—C1 | −59.4 (3) | C5—C10—C9—C8 | −58.5 (3) |
N1—C1—C2—C7 | −179.1 (3) | C5—C10—C9—C3 | 58.5 (3) |
C3—C1—C2—C7 | 60.0 (3) | C5—C10—C9—C11 | 179.4 (3) |
C4—C1—C2—C7 | −61.4 (3) | C1—C3—C9—C10 | −58.1 (3) |
C8—C7—C2—C1 | −59.2 (4) | C1—C3—C9—C8 | 58.8 (3) |
C6—C7—C2—C1 | 61.0 (4) | C1—C3—C9—C11 | −179.2 (3) |
C12—C5—C10—C9 | −179.7 (3) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | −59.8 (4) |
C4—C5—C10—C9 | −58.7 (3) | C2—C7—C8—C9 | 60.0 (4) |
C6—C5—C10—C9 | 58.5 (3) | C10—C9—C8—C7 | 58.3 (4) |
N1—C1—C3—C9 | 179.5 (3) | C3—C9—C8—C7 | −58.8 (4) |
C2—C1—C3—C9 | −60.8 (3) | C11—C9—C8—C7 | 180.0 (3) |
C4—C1—C3—C9 | 60.1 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1A···Cl1i | 0.89 | 2.26 | 3.147 (3) | 176 |
N1—H1B···Cl1ii | 0.89 | 2.28 | 3.161 (2) | 171 |
N1—H1C···Cl1 | 0.89 | 2.26 | 3.148 (3) | 175 |
O1—H1E···Cl1ii | 0.86 | 2.62 | 3.486 (17) | 179 |
O1—H1F···Cl1 | 0.91 | 2.93 | 3.81 (2) | 163 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −y+1, x−y+1, z; (ii) −x+y, y, z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C12H22N·Cl·0.1(H2O) |
Mr | 217.56 |
Crystal system, space group | Trigonal, R3c |
Temperature (K) | 294 |
a, c (Å) | 28.3787 (11), 8.5236 (4) |
V (Å3) | 5944.8 (4) |
Z | 18 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.26 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.41 × 0.18 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (ABSCOR; Higashi, 1995) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.888, 0.959 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 18491, 2845, 1671 |
Rint | 0.043 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.648 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.034, 0.104, 1.09 |
No. of reflections | 2845 |
No. of parameters | 132 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.28, −0.31 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 1329 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.06 (9) |
Computer programs: PROCESS-AUTO (Rigaku, 2006), CrystalStructure (Rigaku, 2007), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1A···Cl1i | 0.89 | 2.26 | 3.147 (3) | 176 |
N1—H1B···Cl1ii | 0.89 | 2.28 | 3.161 (2) | 171 |
N1—H1C···Cl1 | 0.89 | 2.26 | 3.148 (3) | 175 |
O1—H1E···Cl1ii | 0.86 | 2.62 | 3.486 (17) | 179 |
O1—H1F···Cl1 | 0.91 | 2.93 | 3.81 (2) | 163 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −y+1, x−y+1, z; (ii) −x+y, y, z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
The project was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China.
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The title compound is one of a small group of tricycle antiviral drugs (TVA). Memantine also provides good and persistent activation of central nervous N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, and, thus can be used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease (Parsons et al., 1999; Tariot et al., 2004).
In the asymmetric unit of the crystal structure of the title compound, there are one mamentinium cation, one Cl- anion and 0.10 lattice water molecule. The expected proton transfer from hydrochloric acid to N1 atom of amino group occurs. The four six-membered rings of the memantinium cation assume typical chair conformations, which is comparable with that found in related structures (Zahid et al., 2009). The Cl- counter-anion links with the memantinium cation via N—H···Cl hydrogen bonding (Fig. 1). The lattice water molecules are located on the channels formed by memantininum cations and Cl- anions (Fig. 2). The O atom of lattice water molecule is located at the threefold rotation axis, and its two H atoms are symmetrically distributed over six sites and linked to Cl- anions via O—H···Cl hydrogen bonding (Table 1).