The crystalline forms of nine hydrochloride salts of substituted tryptamines

Abstract

The crystal structures of the hydrochloride salts of nine substituted tryptamines, namely, 1-methyltryptammonium chloride, C11H15N2 +·Cl−, (1), 2-methyl-1-phenyltryptammonium chloride, C17H19N2 +·Cl−, (2), 5-methoxytryptammonium chloride, C11H15N2O+·Cl−, (3), 5-bromotryptammonium chloride, C10H12BrN2 +·Cl−, (4), 5-chlorotryptammonium chloride, C10H12ClN2 +·Cl−, (5), 5-fluorotryptammonium chloride, C10H12FN2 +·Cl−, (6), 5-methyltryptammonium chloride, C11H15N2 +·Cl−, (7), 6-fluorotryptammonium chloride, C10H12FN2 +·Cl−, (8), and 7-methyltryptammonium chloride, C11H15N2 +·Cl−, (9), are reported. The seven tryptamines with N—H indoles, (3)–(9), show very similar structures, with N—H...Cl hydrogen-bonding networks forming two-dimensional sheets in the crystals. These sheets are combinations of R 4 2(8) and R 4 2(18) rings, and C 2 1(4) and C 2 1(9) chains. Substitution at the indole N atom reduces the dimensionality of the hydrogen-bonding network, with compounds (1) and (2) demonstrating one-dimensional chains that are a combination of different rings and parallel chains.