Freire Eleonora, Baggio Sergio, Muñoz Juan Carlos, Baggio Ricardo
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Sede Puerto Madryn, and CenPat, CONICET, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Acta Crystallogr C. 2003 May;59(Pt 5):o259-62. doi: 10.1107/s0108270103006668. Epub 2003 Apr 18.
The structures of the mono- and sesquihydrates of 2,6-bis(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine (bbip) are reported. Phase (I), C(19)H(13)N(5).H(2)O, has one water and one bbip molecule in the asymmetric unit, while phase (II), C(19)H(13)N(5).1.5H(2)O, has three water molecules and two bbip molecules in the asymmetric unit. The compounds exhibit very similar molecular geometries but different packing organizations, which result from intricate hydrogen-bonding schemes.