N-methyl- and N-ethylbenzhydrylamine hydrochloride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270197011359

The title compounds, MBH (C₁₄H₁₆N⁺.Cl^-) and EBH (C₁₅H₁₈N⁺.Cl^-), respectively, act as inhibitors of smooth-muscle spasms. Both compounds crystallize in enantiomorphous space groups, but EBH presents two crystallographically inequivalent enantiomers. In both cases, the molecular conformation can be classified as deformed helical C_s. Both compounds form infinite chains along b through two types of N-H...Cl bond.