(2RS,4RS)-7-Fluoro-2-(2-phenylethyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,4-epoxy-1-benzazepine and (2RS,4RS)-7-chloro-2-(2-phenylethyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,4-epoxy-1-benzazepine are isomorphous but not strictly isostructural

Abstract

(2RS,4RS)-7-Fluoro-2-(2-phenylethyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,4-epoxy-1-benzazepine, C18H18FNO, (I), and (2RS,4RS)-7-chloro-2-(2-phenylethyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,4-epoxy-1-benzazepine, C18H18ClNO, (II), are isomorphous but not strictly isostructural, as the slight differences in the unit-cell dimensions and molecular conformations are sufficient to preclude, in the structure of (I), the direction-specific intermolecular interactions present in the structure of (II), where the molecules are linked into sheets by a combination of C—H...N and C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds.