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very low temperatures, such that the H-atom sites identi®ed
from diffraction data generally represent the minima in the
corresponding rotational potential functions, rather than
statically occupied sites, it is unlikely that contacts involving
methyl CÐH bonds such as those reported will, or can, have
any structural signi®cance.
collected, washed with water, dried in vacuo at 330 K and
recrystallized from ethanol; yield 10.4 g (92%), m.p. 441 K, lit.
m.p. 441±442 K; (Birch & Richardson, 1968); [ꢀ] (CHCl3)
D
ꢀ
ꢀ
146.2 , lit. [ꢀ] (CHCl ) 143 (Birch & Richardson, 1968).
D
3
1
NMR (CDCl ): ꢂ( H) 2.01 (s, 3H, Me), 2.05 (s, 3H, Me), 2.08
3
(3, 3H, Me), 3.01 (s, 3H, Me), 4.11 (td, 1H, J = 2.14, 6.22, H-5),
0
4
.14 (dd, 1H, J = 2.14, 11.10, H-6 ), 4.22 (dd, 1H, J = 6.22, 11.10,
H-6), 4.98 (t, 1H, J = ca 9), 5.01 (dd, 1H, J = 3.85, 10.37, H-2),
1
3
5
2
.28 (d, 1H, J = 3.85, H-1), 5.46 (t, 1H, J = 10.37, H-3): ꢂ( C)
0.6, 37.7, 66.5, 68.2, 68.4, 69.6, 69.7, 92.6, 169.6, 169.8, 169.9.
�
1
IR (KBr, cm ): 2972, 2932, 1760, 1743, 1357, 1219, 1178, 1143,
1
037, 1018, 989, 955, 811.
Compound (6): A solution of 2,2 ,3,3 ,4,4 -hexa-O-acetyl-
0
0
0
0
ꢀ
chloride (9.6 g, 50.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (30 cm ) and pyri-
,ꢀ -trehalose (10 g, 16.8 mmol) and 4-toluenesulfonyl
3
3
dine (10 cm ) was stirred for 24 h and DMAP (ca 10 mg)
added. After stirring for a further 5 h, the solution was
evaporated to a syrupy residue, which was poured into water
with vigorous stirring. The off-white precipitate was ®ltered
off, washed with water and air dried. The resulting solid was
washed with boiling ethanol, dried at 330 K in vacuum and
recrystallized from ethanol; yield 11.4 g (90.4%), m.p. 431±
4
34 K, lit. m.p. 443±445 K (Birch & Richardson, 1968). NMR
1
(CDCl ): ꢂ( H) 1.98 (s, 3H, Me), 2.01 (s, 3H, Me), 2.06 (s, 3H,
3
Me), 2.43 (s, 3H, Me), 4.02 (m, 2H), 4.10 (m, 1H), 4.90 (m, 3H),
1
3
5
2
1
1
6
4
.38 (m, 1H), 7.32 (d, 2H, J = 7.95), 7.72 (d, 2H, J = 8.35): ꢂ( C)
0.6, 21.6, 67.6, 68.2, 68.6, 69.2, 69.8, 92.8, 128.0, 129.9, 132.4,
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1
45.3, 169.5, 169.6, 169.9. IR (KBr, cm ): 2963, 1754, 1371,
+
221, 1178, 1081, 1039, 979, (810, 669, 554). MS (ES , MeCN):
67.4 [100%], 796.4 [30%], 925.5 [20%, M + Na], 458.4 [18%],
17.4 [15%], 771.5 [10%, M � CH C H SO + Na].
3
6
4
2
0
0
0
Compound (7): To a solution of 2,2 ,3,3 ,4,4 -hexa-O-acetyl-
0 0
6
,6 -di-O-methanesulfonyl-ꢀ,ꢀ -trehalose (10.0 g, 14.9 mmol)
3
in DMSO (60 cm ) was added sodium azide (3.0 g, 46 mmol)
and the solution heated to 350 K. After 1 h, TLC with ethyl
acetate:light petroleum (boiling range 313±333 K) (2:1 v/v) as
eluent showed complete reaction. The solution was poured
into water (200 cm ) and the solid was collected, dried and
recrystallized from ethanol as a partial solvate; yield 8.5 g
In this paper, we report the molecular and supramolecular
0
structures of further examples of substituted ꢀ,ꢀ -trehalose
3
derivatives, (5)±(9) [see (I)], where the substituents were
selected to afford the possibility of other types of direction-
speci®c intermolecular interactions: for example, (5) and (6)
both offer the possibility of CÐHÁ Á ÁO S hydrogen bonds,
while both CÐHÁ Á Áꢁ(arene) hydrogen bonds and aromatic
(
1
94%), m.p. 413 K, lit. m.p. 387±389 K (Birch & Richardson,
968), 392±393 K (Kurita et al., 1994), 394±398 K (Liav &
ꢀ
ꢀ
Goren, 1980); [ꢀ] (CHCl ) 127 , lit. [ꢀ] (CHCl ) 134 (Birch
&
D
3
D
3
ꢀ
Richardson, 1968), (CHCl ) 138 (Kurita et al., 1994). NMR
3
ꢁ
Á Á Áꢁ stacking interactions could occur in (6); CÐHÁ Á ÁN
1
(CDCl ): ꢂ( H) 2.02 (s, 3H, Me), 2.05 (s, 3H, Me), 2.11 (s, 3H,
3
hydrogen bonds could in principle occur in (7); OÐHÁ Á ÁO and
NÐHÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds could both occur in (8); and OÐ
HÁ Á ÁO, NÐHÁ Á ÁO, and OÐHÁ Á ÁN hydrogen bonds are all
possible in (9).
0
Me), 3.16 (dd, 1H, J = 2.44, 13.32, H-6 ), 3.36 (dd, 1H, J = 7.39,
1
9
3
6
1
1
3.32, H-6), 4.08 (m, 1H, J = 2.44, 7.39, 9.1, H-5), 4.98 (dd, 1H,
.4, 9.9, H-4), 5.07 (dd, 1H, J = 3.82, 10.31, H-2), 5.31 (d, 1H, J =
1
3
.82, H-1), 5.45 (dd, 1H, J = 9.4, 10.31, H-3): ꢂ( C) 20.7, 51.0,
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1
7.7, 69.8, 69.9, 92.7, 169.6, 170.0. IR (KBr, cm ): 2101, 1740,
+
211, 1033, 1014. MS (ES , MeCN): 667.2 [100%, M + Na],
2
. Experimental
05.1 [50%], 642.2 [20%].
Compound (8): To a solution of 2,2 ,3,3 ,4,4 -hexa-O-acetyl-
2
.1. Syntheses
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0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
Compound (5): A solution of 2,2 ,3,3 ,4,4 -hexa-O-acetyl-
0
6,6 -di-O-azido-ꢀ,ꢀ -trehalose (10.0 g, 16.4 cm ) in thf (80 cm )
was added triphenylphosphine (9.0 g, 34.4 mmol) and water
3
(2 cm ). After stirring for 1 h, TLC, using ethyl acetate: light
ꢀ
(
(
,ꢀ -trehalose (10 g, 16.8 mmol) and methanesulfonyl chloride
3
5.8 g, 4 cm , 50.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (30 cm ) and pyridine
3
3
10 cm ) was stirred for 3 h, and rotary evaporated to leave an
petroleum (2:1 v/v) as eluent, indicated the consumption of the
starting material. The suspension was ®ltered and the solid
oily solid. After shaking the residue with water, a solid was
ꢁ
0
462 Thomas C. Baddeley et al.
Substituted ꢀ,ꢀ -trehalose derivatives
Acta Cryst. (2004). B60, 461±471