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150(2) K on a Nonius Kappa CCD diffractometer with graphite-
monochromatised Mo K radiation, k = 0.71073 Å. The structure
2. Experimental
a
was solved by direct methods (SIR97) [24] and refined by a full-
matrix least-squares routine based on F2 (SHELXL97) [25]. Non-
hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement
parameters. Except for the one at N(10), the hydrogen atoms were
placed in their calculated positions and refined using a riding mod-
el with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq of their bonding atom. The hydrogen atom
on N(10) was identified on a difference Fourier map and was re-
fined isotropically. The refinement converged (D/rmax = 0.001,
232 parameters) to R = 4.95% for the observed, and R = 5.53%,
wR = 12.23%, GOF = 1.100 for all diffractions. The final difference
2.1. General
3,4-Dihydropyrane and kinetin were purchased from Sigma Al-
drich and were used without further purification. Formic acid,
ethyl acetate, ammonia, magnesium sulphate and methanol were
purchased from Lachema and were used without further purifica-
tion. Evaporation of solvents was carried out under vacuum using
a rotary evaporator. Elemental analyses were determined on an EA
1112 Flash analyzer (Thermo-Finnigan). The melting point was
determined on a Büchi Melting Point B-540 apparatus and was
uncorrected. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) was carried out
using silica gel 60 WT254 plates (Merck Co.). CHCl3:MeOH (9:1,
v:v) was used as mobile phase. The CI + mass spectra were re-
corded using a Polaris Q (Finnigan) mass spectrometer equipped
with a Direct Insertion Probe (DIP). Compound 1 was heated in
an ion source with a temperature gradient from 40 °C to 450 °C
over 5 min, the mass monitoring interval was 50–1000 amu, and
spectra were collected using 1.0 cyclical scans, applying 70 eV elec-
tron energy. Isobutane was used as a reagent gas at a flow-rate of
2 l/h. The mass spectrometer was directly coupled to an Xcalibur
data system. 1H, 1H–1H COSY, 13C and 1H–13C heteronuclear single
quantum coherence edited GP (ge-2D HSQC) experiments were re-
corded on a Bruker Avance 300 FT NMR spectrometer operating at
a temperature of 300 K and at a frequency of 300.13 Hz. Samples
were prepared by dissolving the substances in DMSO-d6. Tetra-
methylsilane (TMS) was used as the internal reference standard.
The individual 1H and 13C signals were assigned by 2D correlation
experiments including 1H–1H COSY and ge-2D HSQC.
map displayed no peaks of chemical significance (Dqmax = 0.40,
D
q
min = ꢁ0.27 e Åꢁ3).
2.4. Stability of 1 in acidic solution
The pH stability of compound 1 in methanol was analyzed by
HPLC–PDA (System Gold, Beckman Instruments, Fullerton, USA)
and the analytes were monitored at 270 nm. 10ꢁ2 M solutions of
compound 1 in methanol were prepared and diluted to 10ꢁ4
M
using McIlvaine buffer solution for the appropriate pH (3–7) [26].
One hour after incubation at 25 °C, 5 l of each prepared solution
was directly injected onto a reversed phase column (Symmetry
C18, 5
l
lm, 150 ꢀ 2.1 mm, Waters, Milford, USA). The following
binary gradient was used at a flow-rate of 0.3 ml/min: 0 min, 10%
A, 0–25 min, a linear gradient to 90% A, followed by 5 min isocratic
elution of 90% A, where A was 100% methanol and B was 15 mM
formic acid adjusted to pH 4 with ammonium. HPLC measurement
of the solutions was repeated after a 24 h incubation at 25 °C. The
analyses were repeated at least three times.
2.2. 6-(Furfurylamino)-9-(tetrahydropyran-2-yl)purine (1) synthesis
3. Results and discussion
The compound was prepared by a previously published proce-
dure [20] with slight modifications. 3,4-Dihydropyrane (5.4 ml,
0.059 mol), and formic acid (5 ml) were added to a stirred suspen-
sion of kinetin (5 g, 0.023 mol) in ethyl acetate (40 ml), heated to
reflux (78 °C) and stirred for 3 h. The reaction mixture was cooled
to 20 °C, and 25% aqueous ammonia solution (10 ml) was added to
neutralize the formic acid. The organic phase was washed with
water (2 ꢀ 20 ml), dried with anhydrous magnesium sulphate
(5 g), and evaporated to a yellow residue (9.5 g) that was crystal-
lized from methanol (50 ml). The resulting white crystalline prod-
uct was washed with cold methanol (5 °C, 2 ꢀ 10 ml), and dried
under vacuum. Yield: 5.0–5.5 g (73–80%), m.p. 135.8–137.8 °C, ele-
mental analysis, calculated for C15H17N5O2 (299.34), %C 60.19, %H
5.72, %N 23.40. Found: %C 60.20, %H 5.65, %N 23.42, CI + mass spec-
tra: [M]+ = 300.35, 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): d = 1.48–1.60 (m,
2H, C21Ha, C21Hb), 1.63–1.77 (m, 1H, C20Ha), 1.88–1.95 (m, 2H,
C20Hb, C22Ha), 2.30 (dq, 1H, J = 11 Hz, J0 = 1.9 Hz, C22Hb), 3.61–
3.70 (m, 1H, C19Ha), 3.95–4.02 (m, 1H, C19Hb), 4.71 (s, 2H,
C11H), 5.63 (dd, 1H, J = 11 Hz, J0 = 1.9 Hz, C17H), 6.23 (d, 1H,
J = 3.0 Hz, C16H), 6.35 (t, 1H, J = 3.0 Hz, C15H), 7.53 (d, 1H,
J = 3.0 Hz, C14H), 8.24 (bs, 1H, N10H), 8.27 (s, 1H, C8H), 8.37 (s,
1H, C2H).
The molecular structure of 6-(furfurylamino)-9-(tetrahydropy-
ran-2-yl)purine (1), including atom labeling, is given in Fig. 1. Crys-
tallographic data for 1 are given in Table 1 while the selected bond
lengths, angles and torsion angles are shown in Table 2. No solvent
molecules co-crystallized. We compared the structure of 1 to the
structure of kinetin [27] and kinetin riboside [28] to determine
the influence of the tetrahydropyran-2-yl substitution at the N(9)
atom of purine moiety. The bond lengths and angles are only
slightly influenced with the exception of the N(9)AC(8) and
C(8)AN(7) bonds that adjoin N(9) atom. N(7)AC(8) is 1.3245(8) Å
for kinetin and 1.290(1) Å and 1.312(2) for kinetin riboside and
for 1, respectively. The N(9)AC(8) bond is 1.3465(7) Å for kinetin
and 1.383(2) Å and 1.360(2) Å for kinetin riboside and for 1,
respectively. The N(9) substituent also influences the surrounding
angles. While the angle C(8)AN(7)AC(5) is 102.58° for kinetin, the
same angle is 103.14° and 104.0(1)° for kinetin riboside and 1,
respectively. N(9)AC(4)AC(5) is 104.05° for kinetin, 106.41° for
kinetin riboside and 105.6(1)° for 1. Whilst the bonds and angles
in the purine moiety are influenced only slightly, big differences
were obvious in the torsion angles. The torsion angle
C(6)AN(1)AC(2)AN(3) for kinetin is 0.84°, the same angle for kine-
tin riboside is 3.05° and 2.3(3)° for 1. C(11)AN(10)AC(6)AC(5) tor-
sion angle was found 174.27° for kinetin and 168.05° and 178.6(1)°
for kinetin riboside and for 1. The purine moiety is almost planar
with maximum deviation from the plane of 0.0161 Å. The dihedral
angle between the pyrimidine and imidazol rings in the purine
moiety is 1°. The furanyl ring is almost planar with maximal devi-
ation from the plane 0.0027 Å. Dihedral angle between furanyl ring
and purine moiety is 69° and dihedral angle between furanyl and
pyrimidine ring is 68.7°. The tetrahydropyran-2-yl substituent
contains a chiral carbon atom whereas the substance is a racemic
13C NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-d6): d = 22.4 (C20), 24.4 (C21), 29.9
(C22), 36.4 (C11), 67.6 (C19), 80.8 (C17), 106.5 (C16), 110.3
(C15), 118.91 (C5), 138.8 (C2), 141.7 (C14), 152.4 (C8), 152.9
(C4), 154.12 (C6).
2.3. Crystallography
Colorless crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction study were
grown by slow evaporation of an isopropanol solution at labora-
tory temperature. X-ray data collection was carried out at