Crystal Structure of 3a-Hydroxy-3,5a,9-trimethyl 1,3,3a,4,5,5a,6,7,8,9b decahydro-2H naphtha[1,2c]-imidazole-2-one Monohydrate from the Plant Sphaeranthus indicus

The title compound, C14H22N2O2·H2O, derived from a plant Sphaeranthus indicus, has crystallized in non-centro symmetric space group P212121 with one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure is stabilized by C-H…N and O-H…O intramolecular hydrogen bonds and the molecular packing is stabilized by intermolecular O-H…O hydrogen bonds.

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