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Acta Crystallographica Section C
characterized as crystalline acetates by 1959 (Kjaer et al., 1956;
Kjaer, 1961; Foo et al., 2000). The data showed that these
compounds were obtained as solids after crystallization;
however, there was a lack of diagnostic structural information
(X-ray analysis, NMR etc) to confirm the structures.
Structural Chemistry
ISSN 2053-2296
Preparation and X-ray analysis of
potassium (2,3-dichlorophenyl)-
glucosinolate
Quan V. Vo,a,b* Craige Trenerry,c Simone Rochfort,d,e
Jonathan Whitef and Andrew B. Hughesa
aDepartment of Chemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia,
bDepartment of Natural Sciences, Quang Tri Teacher Training College, Quang Tri
Province, Vietnam, cDepartment of Primary Industries, Knoxfield Centre, 621
Burwood Highway, Knoxfield 3180, Australia, dDepartment of Primary Industries,
Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre, La Trobe University Research and Development
Park, 1 Park Drive, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia, eLa Trobe University,
Later, studies by Marsh & Waser (1970) and Thies (1988)
reported the formation of crystalline sinigrin and gluco-
tropaeolin salts. The potassium salt of sinigrin and the tetra-
methylamine salt of glucotropaeolin were crystallized in a
suitable solvent and the HPLC (high-performance liquid
chromatography), melting point, UV–vis and X-ray crystal
structure analyses of sinigrin confirmed the high purity of the
crystallized compounds. Unfortunately, since these studies
there have not been any other published data on crystalline
GLs. Thus, up to now, crystallization has been one of the most
difficult issues in the study of GLs. This may be due to the very
high polarity of GLs and the instability of GLs in the crys-
tallizing solvent(s). The study of the crystallization of GLs in
order to investigate the structure as well as the relationships
between the structure and biological and medicinal properties
of GLs, however, is a crucial issue. We report here success in
the synthesis, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analy-
sis of potassium (2,3-dichlorophenyl)glucosinolate–ethanol–
methanol (1/1/1), (11), and S-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-ꢀ-d-
glucopyranosyl)-2,3-dichlorophenylacetothiohydroxymate, (9).
f
Victoria 3086, Australia, and Bio21 Institute, School of Chemistry, University of
Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Correspondence e-mail: quan_vv@qtttc.edu.vn
Received 13 January 2014
Accepted 22 April 2014
There has been much interest in obtaining crystals for
crystallographic analysis of biologically active glucosinolates.
Crystals of potassium (2,3-dichlorophenyl)glucosinolate were
obtained as a dual solvate, containing one methanol and one
ethanol molecule of crystallization, K+ꢀC13H14Cl2NO9S2ꢁꢀ-
CH3OHꢀC2H5OH. The three-dimensional polymeric network
consists of chains containing the potassium ions coordinated
and bridged by sugar O atoms, which run parallel to the a axis
and are further crosslinked through the sugar molecules. The
channels of this network are occupied by the dichlorophenyl
substituents and the ethanol and methanol solvent molecules.
The structure of the S-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-ꢀ-d-gluco-
pyranosyl)-2,3-dichlorophenylacetothiohydroxymate, C21H23-
Cl2NO10S, precursor has also been determined and the ꢀ-
configuration and Z isomer of the thiohydroximate substituent
is confirmed.
2. Experimental
2.1. Synthesis and crystallization
Keywords: crystal structure; 2,3-dichlorophenylglucosinolate; b-
thioglucoside N-hydroxysulfates; biologically active compounds;
natural products.
2.1.1. S-(2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-2,3-
dichlorophenylacetothiohydroxymate, (9). To stirred a solu-
tion of hydroxymoyl chloride, (3) [2.02 g, 9 mmol; see
Scheme 1 and the Supporting information for the synthesis of
(3)], in dry Et2O–DCM (2:1 v/v, 45 ml; DCM is dichlor-
omethane) was added a solution of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-ꢀ-d-
glucopyranosyl thiol, (8) [2.2 g, 6 mmol; see Scheme 2 and the
Supporting information for the synthesis of (8)], in dry DCM
(6 ml). The resulting mixture was treated with Et3N (5 ml,
36 mmol) in Et2O (12 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred
for 2 h at room temperature under an N2 atmosphere and then
acidified with 1 M H2SO4 (42 ml). The mixture was left to
stand for 10 min and then separated. The aqueous phase was
extracted with DCM (3 ꢂ 30 ml). The combined organic layers
1. Introduction
Glucosinolates (GLs) are ꢀ-thioglucoside N-hydroxysulfates
with a side chain (R) and a sulfur-linked ꢀ-d-glucopyranose
moiety. These are natural compounds which are found in a
large number of Brassica species such as cabbage, broccoli and
canola (Clarke, 2010). The crystallization of GLs plays an
important role in identifying their structure and has been
studied previously (Fahey et al., 2001). Kjaer et al. reported a
list of GLs which had been crystallized as either potassium,
sodium or rubidium salts, and another seven that had been
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doi:10.1107/S2053229614009115
Acta Cryst. (2014). C70, 588–594