Structure and conformation of 2′,5′-anhydroarabinosylcytosine: X-ray, 1H nmr and 13C nmr analyses

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
Miloš Buděšínský ◽  
Jiří Berànek

Crystals of 2′,5′-anhydroarabinosylcytosine hemihydrate belong to the monoclinic space group P21. The cell dimensions are a = 9.643(2), b = 10.328(1), c = 10.544(2) Å, β = 94.55(1)°. X-ray intensity data were measured on a diffractometer and the structure was determined by direct methods. Least-squares refinement, which included all nucleoside hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.041 for 2298 observed reflections. The asymmetric unit contains two molecules of the nucleoside and one molecule of water. In both nucleoside molecules, the conformation about the glycosyl bond is and, with XCN values of 15.5(3) and 26.3(3)°, respectively. In the bicyclic sugar moiety, the arabinofuranose rings adopt a C(3′)exo/C(2′)endo conformation and are highly puckered (τm = 57°). The solution conformation was studied by 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy. A difference nOe proton nmr spectrum and 3J(C,H) coupling constants reveal an anti conformation in solution, with torsion angles very similar to those obtained from X-ray analysis. A comparison of observed 3J(H,H) coupling constants with those calculated on the basis of a modified Karplus equation shows significant differences, probably due to the presence of the bicyclic system.

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 1203-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
Miloš Buděšínský ◽  
Jiří Beránek

Crystals of 5′-chloroarabinosylcytosine, an inhibitor of nucleic acid synthesis, belong to the orthorhombic space group P212121, and the cell dimensions are a = 6.801(1), b = 9.698(2) and c = 16.497(3) Å. X-ray intensity data were measured on a diffractometer and the structure was determined by direct methods. Least-squares refinement, which included all hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.032 for 1251 observed reflections. The conformation about the glycosyl bond is anti, the furanose ring adopts a C3′ endo/C4′ exo pucker and the conformation of the side chain is gauche+, stabilized by an intramolecular [Formula: see text] hydrogen bond. 1H and 13C nmr spectra confirm the anti conformation about the glycosyl bond. In D2O solution there is an approximately equal population of N- and S-type conformers of the furanose ring and a trans > gauche+ > gauche− distribution of the 5′-CH2Cl side chain rotamers.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 2830-2833 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. McKinnon ◽  
Peter D. Clark ◽  
Robert O. Martin ◽  
Louis T. J. Delbaere ◽  
J. Wilson Quail

3,5-Diphenyl-1,2-dithiolium-4-olate (1) reacts with aniline to form 1-phenylimino-2-phenylamino-3-phenylindene (3a). Under suitable conditions, 6-phenylbenzo[b]indeno[1,2-e]-1,2-thiazine is also formed. These structures are confirmed by alternative syntheses. The molecular structure of 3a has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 3a crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell dimensions a = 20.777(3) Å, b = 6.130(3) Å, c = 31.327(3) Å, 3 = 99.59(1)°, and Z = 8. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by least squares to a final R = 0.055. The molecular structure of 3a shows the three phenyl containing substituents to have the planes of their ring systems tilted between 40° and 60° from the plane of the indene system due to steric repulsions.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 2299-2304 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
Wayne J. P. Blonski ◽  
Frank E. Hruska

The three-dimensional structure of 5-methoxyuridine (mo5U) was determined with much higher precision than in a previous study (Hillen etal. J. Carbohydr. Nucleosides Nucleotides, 5, 23 (1978)). The crystals belong to the monoclinic space group P21 and the cell dimensions are a = 8.916(2), b = 14.372(2), c = 4.714(1) Å, β = 97.44(2)°. Intensity data were measured with a diffractometer and the structure was solved by direct methods. Least-squares refinement, which included all hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.031. The conformation about the glycosyl bond is anti (χCN = 23.1°), the pucker of the ribose ring is C(3′)endo, and the conformation of the —CH2OH side chain is gauche+. A comparison of the bond lengths N(3)—C(4) and C(4)—O(4) with those in uridine does not support the conclusion of Hillen etal. about a shift to the enol tautomer in mo5U. However, there are other changes in the geometry of the pyrimidine ring due to substitution at C(5). A conformational analysis, based on 1H and 13C nmr data, shows that the preferred conformation in solution is that observed in the solid state.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 2646-2652 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
Miroslaw Cygler ◽  
David Shugar

Crystals of acyclovir belong to the space group P21/n, and the cell dimensions are a = 25.459(1), b = 11.282 (1), c = 10.768(1) Å, β = 95.16(1)°. Intensity data were measured on a diffractometer and the structure was determined by direct methods. The asymmetric unit was found to contain three independent molecules of acyclovir and two molecules of water. Least-squares refinement, which included all hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.053 for 3970 observed reflections. In two of the molecules the side chain is partially folded, while in the third one it is fully extended. The glycosidic torsion angles are in the range 91.4–104.3°. The conformational features are compared with those in other known acyclonucleosides. They are also examined in relation to the behavior of acyclonucleosides and acyclonucleotides in various enzymatic systems, including those related to antiviral activities.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Lynton ◽  
Pik-Yuen Siew

The crystal structure of the synthetic intermediate, 9-cyano-1,10-dimethyl-6-ethy]enedioxy-1-octalin, C15H21O2N, was solved by direct methods. The compound crystallizes in the space group p21/c with cell dimensions a = 12.282(4), b = 7.144(3), c = 15.619(5) Å, β = 104.04(1)°. Refinement was carried out isotropically for hydrogen and anisotropically for non-hydrogen atoms using full matrix least squares to an R-value of 0.043 for 1669 observed reflections.This compound, which has a cis configuration at the octalin ring junction, is a precursor to a moiety of the alkaloid thelepogine. The cis conformation is essential for total synthesis of thelopogine by this route.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 739-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
David R. Bundle

Methyl 3,6-dideoxy-α-D-arabino-hexopyranoside (methyl tyveloside) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121 and the cell dimensions are a = 7.478(1), b = 7.933(1), c = 14.064(1) Å. X-ray intensity data were measured with a diffractometer and the structure was solved by direct methods. Least-squares refinement, which included all hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.038. The pyranose ring exists as an almost perfect 4C1 chair and the conformation adopted by the glycosidic methyl group is in agreement with the requirements of the exo-anomeric effect. Both acetal oxygen atoms act as hydrogen-bond acceptors, and the [Formula: see text] bond distances are in agreement with this feature. The 1H nmr spectrum shows that the conformation of the pyranose ring in aqueous solution is indistinguishable from that in the crystal. The minimum energy conformation of a pentasaccharide fragment of a Salmonella O-antigen, calculated with tyvelose coordinates obtained by bond modification, is in good agreement with the conformation which was calculated with tyvelose coordinates obtained from the X-ray analysis.


1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 956-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogdan Lesyng ◽  
Wolfram Saenger

Abstract 4-thiouridine crystallizes from butyric acid in the form of yellow needles, monoclinic space group P21 with a = 10.136 (3), b = 4.843 (2), c = 11.257 (3) Å, β = 93.91 (5) °. The crystal structure was solved on the the basis of 895 X-ray counter data using direct methods and refined to a reliability index of R = 5.6%. 4-thiouridine is in the anti conformation, the torsion angle O(1′)-C(1′)-N(1)-C(6) being 26.5°. Pseudorotation parameters τmax = 41.1° and P = 15.7° refer to C(3′)-endo (3E) envelope form of the ribose. The conformation about the C(5′)-O(5′) bond is gauche, gauche. The present structure is compared with the previous one, crystallized from water as sesquihydrate and existing as the syn conformer (W. Saenger and K. H. Scheit, J. Mol. Biol. 50, 153-169 (1970). The influence of crystal packing forces on flexible molecules such as nucleosides is discussed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (18) ◽  
pp. 2392-2397 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cygler

4,7-Oxido-7-methyl-7-hydroxymethyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl, C12H22NO3, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/m with unit cell dimensions a = 8.041(1), b = 13.348(1), c = 5.945(1) Å, β = 95.90(1)°, Z = 2. Intensity data were measured on a diffractometer and the structure solved by direct methods. The least-squares refinement converged at R = 0.039 for 1304 reflections. Two enantiomeric molecules, differing in the position of the OH group, occupy the same site in the asymmetric unit (each with a probability of 0.5) giving rise to a disorder of the hydroxyl group. The piperidine ring adopts the usual chair conformation, with C—C—C—C torsion angles being intermediate between those observed for C(4) mono- and for bisubstituted nitroxypiperidine derivatives. The N—O bond is 1.282(2) Å long, and it makes an angle of 18.5(2)° with the CNC plane. Molecules are connected by O—H … O hydrogen bonds. The influence of the degree of substitution at C(4) on ring geometry is discussed.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (23) ◽  
pp. 2915-2921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas C. Rohrer ◽  
Jean-Claude Fischer ◽  
Derek Horton ◽  
Wolfgang Weckerle

Grignard addition of phenylmagnesium bromide to 3,5-O-benzylidene-1-deoxy-D-erythro-2-pentulose (1) affords C-phenyl branched-chain pentitols having exclusively either the D-arabino (2) or D-ribo (5) stereochemistry according to the mode of substitution of 1. In order to determine the chirality of these products conclusively, the crystal and molecular structure of the unsubstituted pentitol 6 (from 2) has been determined. Crystals of 1-deoxy-2-C-phenyl-D-arabinitol (6; C11H16O4) are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with cell dimensions a = 8.9420(6), b = 18.910(1), c = 6.4263(6) Å, and Z = 4. The structure was solved by multi-solution direct methods and refined to a final discrepancy index of 5.6%. The molecule has an extended, planar zigzag conformation with the phenyl ring nearly perpendicular to this plane. Compound 6 forms one intramolecular (between 2-OH and O-4) and three intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Palladium-catalyzed hydrogenolysis of the 2-phenylcarbamate of 2 results in deoxygenation of the benzylic center with complete-inversion of configuration, as established by crystal-structure determination of the product 7. Crystals of 2(S)-4-O-acetyl-3,5-O-benzylidene-1,2-dideoxy-2-C-phenyl-D-erytro-pentitol (7; C20H22O4) are monoclinic, space group C2, with cell dimensions a = 19.102(1), b = 6.1925(5), c = 16.098(1) Å, β = 108.325(9)°, and Z = 4. The structure was solved by multi-solution direct methods and refined to a final discrepancy index of 5.9%. The molecule has an almost ideal planar, zigzag backbone conformation which incorporates the 1,3-dioxane ring. Comparison of the conformation observed in the crystal with that calculated from proton–proton coupling constants shows good agreement


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1628-1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Birnbaum ◽  
Krishan L. Sadana ◽  
M. Tahir Razi ◽  
Terry Lee ◽  
Rudy Sebastian ◽  
...  

O2-Isopropyl-2′-deoxythymidine (i2dT) crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P43212, and the cell dimensions are a = b = 8.7667(2), c = 37.1943(12) Å. X-ray intensity data were measured with a diffractometer, and the structure was solved by direct methods. Least-squares refinement, which included all hydrogen atoms, converged at R = 0.036 for 1780 observed reflections. In analogy with other O-alkylated bases, the exocyclic O2—C8 bond is syn-periplanar to the C2—N3 bond in the pyrimidine ring. Angular distortions in the base can be correlated with those observed in O4-alkylated pyrimidines and O6-alkylated guanines. The conformation of the glycosyl bond is anti with χCN = 27.1°. The furanose ring adopts a C2′ endo pucker and the conformation about C4′—C5′ is gauche+. 1H nmr data show that these conformations are also preferred in solution.


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