Powder X-ray study of racemic (2RS,3RS)-5-amino-3-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol.

The title compound, C(20)H(25)N(3)O, an important precursor for the preparation of benzovesamicol analogues for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, has been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopic analyses. The crystal structure was analysed using powder diffraction as no suitable single crystal was obtained. The piperazine ring has a chair conformation, while the cyclohexene ring assumes a half-chair conformation. The crystal packing is mediated by weak contacts, principally by complementary intermolecular N-H···O hydrogen bonds that connect successive molecules into a chain. Further stabilization is provided by weak C-H···N contacts and by a weak intermolecular C-H···π interaction.