Clarithromycin monohydrate: a synchrotron X-ray powder study

In the crystal structure of the title compound, clarithromycin (CAM) monohydrate, C38H69NO13·H2O, the water mol­ecule behaves as a proton donor and is hydrogen bonded to the hy­droxy O atom of the CAM cladinose ring. The hy­droxy O atom also behaves as a proton donor, forming an inter­molecular hydrogen bond with one of the hy­droxy groups of the 14-membered aglycone ring. The CAM mol­ecules are linked through these hydrogen bonds into chains running parallel to the c axis.