1. Crystallographic characterization of three cathinone hydrochlorides new on the NPS market: 1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)hexan-1-one (4-MPHP), 4-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pentan-1-one (α-PiHP) and 2-(methylamino)-1-(4-methylphenyl)pentan-1-one (4-MPD)
Marcin Rojkiewicz, Piotr Kuś, Maria Książek, Joachim Kusz Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem. 2022 Jan 1;78(Pt 1):56-62. doi: 10.1107/S2053229621013401. Epub 2022 Jan 1.
Cathinones belong to a group of compounds of great interest in the new psychoactive substances (NPS) market. Constant changes to the chemical structure made by the producers of these compounds require a quick reaction from analytical laboratories in ascertaining their characteristics. In this article, three cathinone derivatives were characterized by X-ray crystallography. The investigated compounds were confirmed as: 1-[1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-oxohexan-2-yl]pyrrolidin-1-ium chloride (1, C17H26NO+·Cl-, the hydrochloride of 4-MPHP), 1-(4-methyl-1-oxo-1-phenylpentan-2-yl)pyrrolidin-1-ium chloride (2; C16H24NO+·Cl-, the hydrochloride of α-PiHP) and methyl[1-(4-methylphenyl)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]azanium chloride (3; C13H20NO+·Cl-, the hydrochloride of 4-MPD). All the salts crystallize in a monoclinic space group: 1 and 2 in P21/c, and 3 in P21/n. To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first detailed and comprehensive crystallographic data on salts 1-3.
2. D-Mannosamine hydrochloride (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-mannose hydrochloride): ionic hydrogen bonding in saccharides involving chloride and aminium ions
Jieye Lin, Allen G Oliver, Anthony S Serianni Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem. 2022 Apr 1;78(Pt 4):223-230. doi: 10.1107/S2053229622002121. Epub 2022 Mar 5.
D-Mannosamine hydrochloride (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-mannose hydrochloride), C6H14NO5+·Cl-, (I), crystallized from a methanol/ethyl acetate/n-hexane solvent mixture at room temperature in a 4C1 chair conformation that is slightly distorted towards the C3,O5B form. A comparison of the structural parameters of (I) with the corresponding parameters in α-D-glucosamine hydrochloride, (II), and β-D-galactosamine hydrochloride, (III)/(III'), was undertaken to evaluate the effects of ionic hydrogen bonding on structural properties. Three types of ionic hydrogen bonds are present in the crystals of (I)-(III)/(III'), i.e. N+-H...O, N+-H...Cl-, and O-H...Cl-. The exocyclic structural parameters in (I), (II), and (III)/(III') appear to be most influenced by this bonding, especially the exocyclic hydroxy groups, which adopt eclipsed conformations enabled by ionic hydrogen bonding to the chloride anion. Anomeric disorder was observed in crystals of (I), with an α:β ratio of 37:63. However, anomeric configuration appears to exert minimal structural effects; that is, bond lengths, bond angles, and torsion angles are essentially identical in both anomers. The observed disorder at the anomeric C atom of (I) appears to be caused by the presence of the chloride anion and atom O3 or O4 in proximal voids, which provide opportunities for hydrogen bonding to atom O1 in both axial and equatorial orientations.
