The title compound {systematic name: 1-[(1R,4aS,10aR)-7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-octahydrophenanthren-1-yl]-N,N-dimethylmethanaminium chloride ethanol monosolvate}, 2000 corvette radiator C22H36N+·Cl−·C2H6O, was synthesized from dehydroabietylamine by N-methylation with formaldehyde/formic acid and transformation into the hydrochloride.The dehydroabietyl moiety exhibits the usual conformation with the two cyclohexane rings in chair and half-chair conformations and a trans-ring junction.The crystal structure is built up from columns of the dehydroabietyl moieties stacked along the a axis.
These columns are held together by the chloride ions via N—H.Cl and C—H.Cl interactions, which establish a two-dimensional network parallel to (010).
The ethanol solvent molecules are located between the davis oatmeal and aloe shampoo columns and anchored via O—H.Cl hydrogen bonds.