title: An orthorhombic polymorph of mulinic acid.
abstract: THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (3S,3aS,10bR)-3-isopropyl-5a,8-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,5a,6,7,10,10a,10b-deca-hydro-endo-epidioxy-cyclo-hepta-[e]indene-3a(1H)-carboxylic acid], C(20)H(30)O(4), is a polymorphic form of a previously reported structure [Loyola et al. (1990 ▶). Tetra-hedron, 46, 5413-5420]. The newly found ortho-rhom-bic polymorph crystallizes in P2(1)2(1)2(1) with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The mol-ecules are linked into discrete D(2) chains by simple O-H⋯O inter-actions. There are only slight variations in the mol-ecular geometry and supra-molecular organization in the crystal structures of the two polymorphs. The densities are 1.145 (monoclinic, P2(1)) and 1.155 Mg m(-3) (ortho-rhom-bic, P2(1)2(1)2(1)).
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bórquez
authors.forename: Luis Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Loyola
authors.forename: Matías
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cárdenas