“…The third point of interest in the present structure is the mode of interaction of cation (I) with the fumarate dianion since the carboxylate group of Asp 113 of the receptor is generally believed to act as a counterion for the positively charged amine of both agonists and antagonists (Strader, Sigal, Candelore, Rands, Hill & Dixon, 1988, and references therein). Previous studies on the hydrochloride salts of many adrenergic ligands not containing aromatic hydroxyl(s) (as competing hydrogen-bond donors) have shown that these cations, both in the solid state and in solution, prefer simultaneous hydrogen bonding of the OH and N+H groups to the common C1anion, thus forming a seven-membered ring (Kettmann & Cs611ei, 1989, and references therein;Zaagsma, 1979). Nonetheless, the present structure © 1991 International Union of Crystallography (2) 3.58 C (5) 2162 (3) 9173 (2) 1935 (2) 3.75 C (6) 2073 (3) 8140 (2) 2428 (2) 3-40 C (7) 2277 (3) 6011 (3) 3383 (2) 3.58 C (8) 2583 (3) 4697 (2) 3663 (1) 3.06 C(9) 4163 (3) 4216 (3) 3268 (2) 3.40 C(10) 5864 (3) 2283 (3) 3258 (2) 3.93 C(I 1)…”