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SUBMITTER: Li AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2961778 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Ai-Jun AJ Zhang Xiao-Hua XH Sun Wen-Qian WQ Zhou Xue-Qin XQ Liu Dong-Zhi DZ
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20080607 Pt 7
The title compound, C(17)H(19)N(3)O(2)·2H(2)O, is particularly useful in the preparation of mirtaza-pine, which is the active agent in a new class of anti-depressants. It crystallized as a zwitterion with two mol-ecules of water in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure is dominated by a system of hydrogen bonds involving the positively charged N atom and both water mol-ecules. ...[more]