A diacetylmorphine polymorph

Acta Crystallogr C. 1996 Mar 15:52 ( Pt 3):698-700. doi: 10.1107/s0108270195013503.

Abstract

The title compound, 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3,6-diyl diacetate, C21H23NO5, was crystallized from a solution of its hydrochloride and sodium acetate. Unlike prior reports in which crystals were hexagonal shaped (orthorhombic) and in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), the crystals in the present determination grew as large prisms (monoclinic) and were in space group P2(1).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Heroin / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Sodium Acetate

Substances

  • Sodium Acetate
  • Heroin