X-ray structure and thermal analysis of a 1?1 complex between sulfathiazole and?-cyclodextrin

Abstract

An inclusion complex with the formula (β-cyclodextrin) (sulfathiazole) 8.3 H2O has been crystallized and characterized by physicochemical methods including single crystal X-ray analysis. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21, witha=15.264(4),b= 16.500(6),c=15.559(5) A,β=117.29(3)o andZ=2. The structure was solved using published co-ordinates forβ-cyclodextrin in an isomorphous complex. Refinement by block-diagonal leastsquares yieldedR=0.061 for 4706 unique observed reflections. Inclusion of sulfathiazole produces a slight ellipticity in the host conformation, but the guest adopts a conformation similar to that observed in its polymorphs. The guest is held in the macrocyclic cavity predominantly by hydrophobic forces, with the phenyl ring near the host primary hydroxyl side and the thiazole ring near the secondary hydroxyl side. The complex packs in layers parallel to theac-plane. Layers are linked by hydrogen bonding to water molecules which are located outside the cyclodextrin cavity. An extensive network of hydrogen bonds mediated chiefly by water molecules stabilizes the crystal structure.