CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF AN ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT, INDOMETHACIN, 1-(PARA CHLOROBENZOYL)-5-METHOXY-2-METHYLINDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID
CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF AN ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT, INDOMETHACIN, 1-(PARA CHLOROBENZOYL)-5-METHOXY-2-METHYLINDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00759a047
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
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15
通讯作者:
MARSH, RE
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作者:
KISTENMA.TJ;MARSH, RE
The crystal and molecular structure of the antiinflammatory agent indomethacin has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Crystals of indomethacin, l-(p-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methylindole-3-acetic acid, were grown from anhydrous acetonitrile. The crystals are triclinic, space group PI, with cell constants: a= 9.295 (2) Á, b= 10.969 (1) Á, c= 9.742 (1), Á, a= 69.38 (1), ß= 110.79 (1), y= 92.78 (1), andZ= 2. The calculated density is1. 37 g/cm3; the observed value is 1.38 (1) g/cm3. The structural solution was obtained by a routine application of the symbolic-addition method of direct sign determination. Full-matrix least-squares refinement based on 3678 counter-collected X-ray intensities gave a final R index of 0.059. The indole, p-chlorophenyl, and carboxylic acid groups are each nearly planar. The relative orientation of the p-chlorophenyl and indole groups is unusual and may play an important role in the chemistry of indomethacin. The crystal structure exhibits the expected hydrogen bonding of the carboxylic acid groups about centers of inversion to form molecular dimers.