INCLUSION COMPLEXES OF THE NATURAL PRODUCT GOSSYPOL - RECOGNITION BY GOSSYPOL OF HALOGENO METHANES - STRUCTURE OF THE DICHLOROMETHANE COMPLEX OF GOSSYPOL AND SINGLE-CRYSTAL CONSERVATION AFTER DECOMPOSITION

The structures of gossypol complexes are extremely sensitive to the halogenomethane present as the guest; e.g. changing the number of Cl atoms in chloromethane derivatives changes the structure of the gossypol complex. The crystals of C30H30O8.CH2Cl2 are monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 21.320(4), b = 19.199(6), c = 15.765(2) angstrom, beta = 113.05(2)-degrees, V = 5916(2) angstrom3, Z = 8, D(x) = 1.35 g/cm3, T = 295 K. The structure has been solved by direct methods and refined to the final R value of 0.084 for 1828 reflections. In the structure H-bonded gossypol molecules form colums, generating channels in the structure which are filled by guest molecules. After decomposition (desolvation) monocrystals of the complexes are conserved without destruction, in which there are rather wide and empty channels though slightly smaller than in the complex. An attempt is made to explain some peculiarities of the behavior of the gossypol polymorph formed on the basis of its structure with empty channels.