title: Rauniticine-allo-oxindole B methanol monosolvate.
abstract: The title penta-cyclic oxindole alkadoid, isolated from Uncaria longiflora, crystallizes as a methanol solvate, C(20)H(22)N(2)O(4)·CH(4)O. The five-membered ring comprising the indole fused ring is nearly planar [maximum atomic deviation = 0.031 (2) Å], whereas the five-membered ring having alphatic C atoms adopts an envelope shape (with the tertiary N atom representing the flap). The six-membered ring that shares an N atom with the envelope-shaped ring adopts a chair shape; the six-membered ring having an O atom is sofa-shaped. The carb-oxy-lic acid group acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to a methanol mol-ecule; this, in turn, acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to the double-bond carboxyl O atom of an adjacent mol-ecule, generating a chain. Adjacent chains are linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a layer motif.
authors.forename: Fatimah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salim
authors.forename: Rohaya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Nor Hadiani
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: Hazrina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hazni
authors.forename: Seik Weng
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ng