Crystal structure of 1-methylimidazole 3-oxide monohydrate.
1-Methylimidazole 3-N-oxide (NMI-O) crystallizes as a monohydrate, C4H6N2O·H2O, in the monoclinic space groupP21withZ' = 2 (mol-eculesAandB). The imidazole rings display a planar geometry (r.m.s. deviations = 0.0008 and 0.0002 Å) and are linked in the crystal structure into infinite zigzag strands of ⋯NMI-O(A)⋯OH2⋯NMI-O(B)⋯OH2⋯ units by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. These chains propagate along theb-axis direction of the unit cell.
Wolfson Centre for Materials Processing, Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.
Christopher S
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Frampton
Department of Chemistry, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
James I
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Murray
Department of Chemistry, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Alan C
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Spivey
1-methyl-2H-imidazole 3-N-oxide; aryl N-oxides; catalysis; crystal structure; hydrate; hydrogen bonding