organic compounds
system, we report here the crystal structure of (I) (Fig. 1) and
compare it with those of related cyclouridine molecules.
The preferred sugar puckering modes in nucleosides are
C20-endo and C30-endo (Saenger, 1984), whereas the C40-endo
(4E) conformation was considered to be unlikely given the
short O20—O30 distance and the fact that some adjacent bonds
would be in an eclipsed conformation (Jardetzky, 1960).
However, with the cyclization of O20 and C20, the ribosyl
furanose ring changes to the arabinosyl configuration, thus
eliminating the steric congestion at O30. The fused oxazolidine
ring demands C10—N1 and C20—O20 to be eclipsed in order to
conform to the sp2 character of atoms N1 and C2 in the
pyrimidine ring. The X-ray study of (I) shows that the five-
membered furanosyl ring adopts a nearly perfect C40-endo
puckered conformation. The best four-atom plane, comprised
of atoms O40, C10, C20 and C30, is planar, as the O40—C10—
C20—C30 torsion angle is only ꢀ0.4 (2)ꢁ. Atom C40 is displaced
0
˚
by 0.491 (3) A to the same side of this plane as C5 . A
quantitative analysis of the ring conformations was performed
using the method of Cremer & Pople (1975) for the calculation
of puckering parameters. The polar parameters for the
Figure 2
The C—Hꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ and C—Oꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ interactions of (I) (dotted lines). H atoms
ꢁ
˚
furanose ring are Q = 0.316 (2) A and ’ = 143.3 (4) ,
comparable with an ideal envelope C40-endo conformation
(ideal ’ = 144ꢁ). This conformation is also found in cyclo-
nucleosides such as 2,20-anhydro-1-(ꢀ-d-arabinofuranosyl)-
uracil (Suck & Saenger, 1973) and 1,2-di-O-isopropylidene-
pentofuranose (Doboszewski et al. 2012).
have been omitted for clarity.
ꢀ2.1 (4)ꢁ, respectively, indicating that the C10—C9 bond is
trans and the C9—O9 bond cis to the C30—O30 bond.
Various C—Oꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ, C—Hꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ, C—Hꢂ ꢂ ꢂO and C—Hꢂ ꢂ ꢂN
hydrogen bonds are present in the structure of (I). The C—
Oꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ interactions that can be observed are an intramolecular
The exocyclic C40—C50 bond adopts a gauche–trans
conformation instead of the gauche–gauche conformation
commonly observed in nucleosides (Shefter & Trueblood,
1965). The corresponding dihedral angles, as defined by
˚
C7—O7ꢂ ꢂ ꢂCg interaction [O7ꢂ ꢂ ꢂCg = 3.595 (2) A; Cg is the
centroid of the N1/C2/N3/C4–C6 ring] and an intermolecular
i
i
˚
C9—O9ꢂ ꢂ ꢂCg interaction [O9ꢂ ꢂ ꢂCg = 3.3036 (12) A; symmetry
code: (i) x ꢀ 1, y, z]. Molecules are arranged in chains in a
head-to-tail fashion via C6—H6ꢂ ꢂ ꢂN3ii hydrogen bonds and
C10—H10ꢂ ꢂ ꢂO4iii short contacts [symmetry codes: (ii) x + 2,
Shefter & Trueblood (1965), are ’OO = 55.2 (3)ꢁ and ’OC
=
172.5 (2)ꢁ. This geometric arrangement may lessen the short
contacts that would occur if the conformation were gauche–
gauche and syn (Seshadri et al., 1983). In addition, a significant
intramolecular C50—H502ꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ(pyrimidine) hydrogen bond
and a C7—O7ꢂ ꢂ ꢂꢁ(pyrimidine) interaction were observed in
this molecule, which we believe are the other main forces
stabilizing the C40—C50 gauche–trans configuration. The
present geometry is very similar to that of the 50-O-tosyl and
50-O-acetylated analogues (Gautham et al., 1983; Seshadri et
al., 1983).
1
2
1
2
y ꢀ , ꢀz; (iii) ꢀx + 2, y + , ꢀz] along the [010] direction
(Table 1 and Fig. 2). These chains are further connected via
weak C8—H8Bꢂ ꢂ ꢂO7iv hydrogen bonds [symmetry code: (iv)
1
2
x + 1, y + , ꢀz + 1] into a sheet and these sheets are in turn
further connected via various weak C—Hꢂ ꢂ ꢂO short contacts
into a three-dimensional network.
Experimental
The uracil ring and the five-membered oxazolidine ring
fused at atoms N1 and C2 are both essentially planar. The
interplanar angle between the six- and five-membered rings is
about 2ꢁ. The glycosidic torsion angle ꢂ (O40—C10—N1—C6)
is ꢀ63.5 (3)ꢁ, reflecting a syn conformation. The value agrees
well with those for the similar fused-ring systems 2,20-anhydro-
1-ꢀ-d-arabino-furanosyl cytosine hydrochloride (ꢂCN = ꢀ61ꢁ;
Sundaralingam, 1973) and 2,20-anhydro-1-ꢀ-d-arabino-furan-
osyl uracil (ꢂCN = ꢀ 65.5ꢁ; Delbaere & James, 1973).
20,30-O-(Methoxymethylene)uridine, (III) (see Scheme), was pre-
pared according to a previously reported method (Shiragami et al.,
1988). All other chemicals were obtained commercially and used
without further purification. The title compound, (I), was prepared
according to a similar procedure used for the synthesis of 1-(5-O-
acetyl-2,3-dideoxy-ꢀ-d-glycero-pent-2-enofuranosy1)uracil, (II). A
solution of (III) (7.0 g, 21.3 mmol) in acetic anhydride (50 ml) was
boiled gently and the acetic acid which formed was boiled off. After
the disappearance of the starting material (about 5 h), the remaining
acetic anhydride was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the
residue was dissolved in chloroform (100 ml) and washed with
aqueous NaHCO3 (50 ml). The aqueous layer was extracted with
CHCl3 (50 ml). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4,
concentrated and purified by silica-gel column chromatography
(CHCl3–MeOH 10:1 v/v) to give (I) (yield: 4.3 g, 65%; m.p. 461–
For the 50-O-acetyl group, the C8—C7—O50—C50 and O7—
C7—O50—C50 torsion angles are 177.0 (3) and ꢀ3.2 (4)ꢁ,
respectively, and thus the C8—C7 bond is trans and the
C7—O7 bond cis to the arabinose C50—O50 bond. This is the
same for the 30-O-acetyl group, as the C10—C9—O30—C30
and O9—C9—O30—C30 torsion angles are 178.4 (2) and
ꢃ
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