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.2. Crystal data
Table 2
Hydrogen-bond geometry (A, ).
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A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD,
D—Hꢄ ꢄ ꢄA
D—H
Hꢄ ꢄ ꢄA
Dꢄ ꢄ ꢄA
D—Hꢄ ꢄ ꢄA
Version 5.37; Groom et al., 2016) for the thiopyran-4-one
fragment resulted in 42 hits, of which 10 possessing the most
similar structures were compared with those of the title
compound (Table S5 in the supporting information) (Nara-
simhamurthy et al., 2003; Duvvuru et al., 2012; Gendron et al.,
N2—O2ꢄ ꢄ ꢄH12B
N2—O3ꢄ ꢄ ꢄH13B
0.98 (1)
0.98 (1)
2.68 (1)
2.94 (1)
3.311 (3)
3.844 (15)
123 (1)
153 (1)
Table 2 and Fig. S2 in the supporting information), as well as
the N1 atoms of the 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one group and atom
H10A of 1,4-piperazine (C10—H10Aꢄ ꢄ ꢄN1; Fig. S1 in the
supporting information). The supermolecular aggregate was
formed via the stronger intermolecular hydrogen bond in
three dimensions, which promoted crystallization along the bc-
axis direction in the crystal lattice and crystallization of
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015; Rosiak et al., 2006; Schmidt et al., 2005; Ramalingam et
al., 1979; Xu et al., 2015; Wang et al., 2011; Mojtahedi et al.,
011; Karisalmi et al., 2003). This is the first small-molecule
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crystal structure reported for macozinone or any BTZ
analogue.
Macozinone crystallized in the monoclinic system space
group P2 /c (Fig. 2). The key feature of macozinone is the
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macozinone in the space group P2 /c.
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planar 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one heterocycle. The dihedral angle
between 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one and the least-squares plane of
the appended piperazine ring is 38.56 (5) . The cyclohexyl ring
is almost perpendicular to the 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one and
piperazine core. In the 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one fragment, the
The crystal structure of the reduced nitroso derivative of
macozinone covalently bound to DprE1 (PDB code: 4ncr) was
determined by Cole and co-workers (Makarov et al., 2014).
Comparison of our single-molecule crystal and the reduced
nitroso macozinone structure of the complex with DprE1
revealed significant differences in the conformations of the
piperazine and cyclohexyl rings. The small-molecule crystal
structure (Fig. 4, I) displays a lower energy classic chair
conformation for the cyclohexyl ring, but a twist-boat
conformation is observed in the adduct structure (Fig. 4, II),
which is presumably caused by the sterically congested
environment in the enzyme active site. Similarly, the piper-
azine adopts the lowest-energy chair conformation in the
single-molecule structure, but a higher-energy distorted chair
conformation in the adduct structure. The implications of this
work directly impinge on future drug-discovery efforts and
suggest the introduction of conformational constraints onto
the piperazine ring of macozinone that enforce the higher-
energy twist-boat conformation (Fig. 4, II) may further
enhance potency. Modifications of drugs that reduce mol-
ecular symmetry and planarity have been shown to improve
aqueous solubility which can in turn enhance membrane
permeability, oral bioavailability, and drug distribution in the
body (Ishikawa et al., 2011; Degorce et al., 2018; Zhang et al.,
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C1—S1 bond length is 1.776 (2) A, which is very close to the
reported literature values (Narasimhamurthy et al., 2003;
Duvvuru et al., 2012; Gendron et al., 2015; Rosiak et al., 2006;
Schmidt et al., 2005; Ramalingam et al., 1979; Xu et al., 2015;
Wang et al., 2011; Mojtahedi et al., 2011; Karisalmi et al., 2003).
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Similarly, the C4—S1 bond length of 1.739 (2) A and the C1—
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S1—C4 bond angle of 100.61 (10) are comparable to the
control crystal structures (Table S4 in the supporting infor-
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mation). Interestingly, the C1—N3 bond length of 1.330 (2) A
is much shorter than the calculated C—N bond of N-methyl-
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piperazine (1.455 A). The C1—N3—C13, C1—N3—C10, and
C10—N3—C13 angles are 125.62 (17), 120.85 (19), and
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13.11 (17) , respectively, which indicates that atom N3 is sp -
hybridized, driven by resonance stabilization of the nitrogen
lone-pair into the electron-deficient 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one
moiety. The piperazine ring in the structure adopts a slightly
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distorted chair conformation due to the sp -hybridization of
atom N3, with atoms N3 and N4 deviating by 0.689 and
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0.591 A, respectively, from the least-squares plane defined by
atoms C10/C11/C12/C13.
2019).
In the crystal lattice of macozinone, there are four mol-
ecules in each cell unit (Fig. 3). Strong intermolecular
hydrogen-bond interactions were observed between the O
4. Conclusion
atoms of the NO group and atoms H12B and H13B of the 1,4-
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Macozinone is a promising new drug for treating drug-sensi-
tive and drug-resistant TB that has successfully completed
phase I clinical trials. We report the complete spectroscopic
piperazine moiety (N2—O2ꢄ ꢄ ꢄH13B and N2—O3ꢄ ꢄ ꢄH12B;
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and structural characterization of macozinone by H NMR,
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C NMR, HRMS, IR, and X-ray crystallography. The cyclo-
hexyl group is nearly perpendicular to the core formed by the
,3-benzothiazin-4-one and piperazine groups. The central
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piperazine ring adopts a slightly distorted chair conformation
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caused by the sp hybridization of the N2 atom, which donates
into the electron-deficient 1,3-benzothiazin-4-one group.
Figure 4
Overlay of small-molecule crystal of macozinone and its fragment from
the cocrystal with DprE1 (PDB code: 4ncr). The small-molecule crystal
structure of macozinone is shown as a cyan stick structure (denoted I) and
the fragment of macozinone from the cocrystal with DprE1 is shown as a
yellow stick structure (denoted II).
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Center of Pharmaceutical Polymorphs,
Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical
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034 Zhang and Aldrich
Revised synthesis of macozinone
Acta Cryst. (2019). C75, 1031–1035