4-Oxo-N-phenyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxamide and of a new polymorph of 7-methoxy-4-oxo-N-p-tolyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxamide and its hemihydrate.

4-Oxo-N-phenyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxamide, C16H11NO3, crystallizes in the space group P2(1)/n and its derivative 7-methoxy-4-oxo-N-p-tolyl-4H-chromene-2-carboxamide, C18H15NO4, forms two polymorphs which crystallize in the space groups P2(1)/c and P1. The structures have an anti-rotamer conformation about the C-N bond; however, the amide O atom can be either trans- or cis-related to the O atom of the pyran ring. The latter compound also crystallizes as a hemihydrate, C18H15NO4·0.5H2O, in the space group C2/c. This compound has a similar structure to that of the unsolvated compound.