forty-five patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were studied to compare the acute effects of ipratropium bromide (60 µg), salbutamol (300 µg) and placebo (3 puffs) on the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (fev 1) and forced vital capacity (pvc). ipratropium bromide produced a significantly greater improvement than salbutamol in both fev1 and fvc at 15,60 and 180 minutes after dru...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(20)H(39)N(2) (+)·Br(-)·H(2)O, the 1-hexa-decyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations are stacked along the b axis, forming channels parallel to [100] which are occupied by the bromide anions and water mol-ecules. The crystal is stabilized by O-H⋯Br, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯Br hydrogen-bonding inter-actions, generating a two-dimensional network.