Investigation of Levetiracetam
Martin
Vickers
22nd October 2003
Experimental Data
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Chemical Name
(S)-(-)-α-ethyl-2-oxo-1-pyrolidine acetamide
Chemical Formula
C8H14N2O2 |
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Preparation and Instrumentation Parameters
- Stoe StadiP transmission (capillary) Powder Diffractometer
- Cu Kα1 X-ray radiation
- Pre-sample germanium monochromator
- 40kV/30mA generator power
- Linear Position Sensitive Detector 6° 2θ range
- Rotating 0.5mm sample capillary
- lightly crushed, 75μm sieved sample
- NBS Silicon (111 reflection) calibration
- Data aquisition details:
- Date collected: 21/10/03
- File: ST0861.RAW
- ×2 ranges from 2 to 40° 2θ
- PSD step: 0.1°
- Count Time: 80 seconds per step
- Binning: 4 channels per point
- Data Step: 0.02°
Results
- Indexed using ITO12
- Refined lattice parameters by Lebail fit:
| Unit Cell Lengths (Å): |
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a 9.191(1) |
b 8.000(1) |
c 6.277(1) |
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| Unit Cell Angles (°): |
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α 90 |
β 108.421(1) |
γ 90 |
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| Unit Cell Volume (Ų): |
| 438 |
- Z: 2
- System: Monoclinic
- Possible Space Group: P21
Reference
Patent number (WIPO): WO0301480