Multicentre hydrogen bonds in a 2:1 arylsulfonylimidazolone hydrochloride salt.

The title compound, (S)-(+)-4-[5-(2-oxo-4, 5-dihydroimidazol-1-ylsulfonyl)indolin-1 -ylcarbonyl ]anilinium chloride (S)-(+)-1-[1-(4-aminobenzoyl)indoline-5- sulfonyl]-4-phenyl-4, 5-dihydroimidazol-2-one, C(24)H(23)N(4)O(4)S(+).Cl(-). C(24)H(22)N(4)O(4)S, crystallizes in space group C2 from a CH(3)OH/CH(2)Cl(2) solution. In the crystal structure, there are two different conformers with their terminal C(6) aromatic rings mutually oriented at angles of 67.69 (14) and 61.16 (15) degrees. The distances of the terminal N atoms (of the two conformers) from the chloride ion are 3.110 (4) and 3.502 (4) A. There are eight distinct hydrogen bonds, i.e. four N-H...Cl, three N-H...O and one N-H...N, with one N-H group involved in a bifurcated hydrogen bond with two acceptors sharing the H atom. C-H...O contacts assist in the overall hydrogen-bonding process.