Crystal structures of two polymorphs of tixocortol pivalate.

Two polymorphs, (I) and (II), of (S)-{2-[(8S,9S,10R,11S,13S,14S,17R)-11,17-dihy-droxy-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-deca-hydro-1H-cyclo-penta-[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2-oxoeth-yl} 2,2-di-methyl-propane-thio-ate, C(26)H(38)O(5)S, have been identified. They are ortho-rhom-bic, non-centrosymmetric (P2(1)2(1)2(1)). The structures display layers of mol-ecules conected via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds along the b-axis direction in polymorph (I) and along the c-axis direction in polymorph (II). The structure of (II) exhibits disorder of the main mol-ecule.