Crystal and molecular structure of 2-chloro-1-methyl-4-phenyl-α-carboline hydrochloride

A compound with the composition C₁₈H₁₆Cl₂ON₂ was subjected to an x-ray diffraction study. All of the rings in themolecule are planar. Both of the six-membered rings of the carboline system are inclined slightly and identically with respect to the central pyrrole ring, forming angles of 3 ° with it and 6 ° with one another. The phenyl ring is turned at an angle of 52.7 ° relative to the average plane of the carboline system.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp, 779–782, June, 1984.