The title compound, C21H23ClN4O2. 0.5H(2)O, contains two independent molecu
les in the asymmetric unit. In each molecule the piperazine ring adopts a c
hair conformation; the deviations of the piperazine N atoms from the best p
lane through the remaining four C atoms are -0.678 (3) and 0.662 (3) Angstr
om in molecule A, and 0.687 (3) and -0.700 (3) Angstrom in molecule B, The
molecules are linked by two hydrogen bonds of the O-H ... N type involving
the O atom of the water molecule of crystallization.