Solvates of zafirlukast

The crystal structures of three solvates of zafirlukast systematic name: cyclopentyl N‐{1‐methyl‐3‐2‐methyl‐4‐(o‐tolylsulfonylaminocarbonyl)benzyl]‐1H‐indol‐5‐yl}carbamate], viz. the monohydrate, C₃₁H₃₃N₃O₆S·H₂O, (I), the methanol solvate, C₃₁H₃₃N₃O₆S·CH₃OH, (II), and the ethanol solvate, C₃₁H₃₃N₃O₆S·C₂H₅OH, (III), have been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. All three compounds crystallize in the monoclinic crystal system. Zafirlukast adopts a similar Z‐shaped conformation in all three solvates. The methanol and ethanol solvates are isostructural. The packing of the zafirlukast mol­ecules in all three crystal structures is similar and is expressed by hydrogen‐bonded mol­ecules that are related by translation, along (101) in (I) and along the b axis in (II) and (III). The methanol and ethanol solvent mol­ecules are hydrogen bonded to two mol­ecules of zafirlukast. The water mol­ecule, on the other hand, acts as a connector via hydrogen bonds between three mol­ecules of zafirlukast. The solvent mol­ecules are not released at temperatures below the melting points of the solvates.