Patent ID: 7435825

Claim:
A crystal of optionally substituted 2-(2-pyridinyl)methylthio-1H-benzimidazole hydrate of the following structural formula I in which R 1 , R 2 and R 3 , identical or different, denote hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C2-C8 fluoroalkyl or C1-C8 alkoxy moiety, R 4 and R 5 , identical or different, denote hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, CH 2 —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C1-C8 alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C8 alkoxy, C1-C8 fluoroalkoxy, CF 3 —, C2-C8 fluoroalkyl or C(O)O—C1-C8 alkyl moiety and R 6 denotes hydrogen or a C1-C2 alkyl moiety and x means 0.5-2.