Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o2355 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809034631 ]
The title compound, C4H2BrNO3, is one of a series of three substituted oxauracils prepared as precursors in the preparation of 1-aza-1,3-butadienes. Although each structure has identical potential for N-H
O intermolecular hydrogen bonds, each forms a distinctive intermolecular network. In the title compound, there are two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, with a non-crystallographic twofold screw-like relationship between them. The two indpendent molecules are linked by an intermolecular N-HO hydrogen bond. In the crystal structure, this hydrogen-bonded pair is linked to translationally related molecules through further intermolecular N-HO hydrogen bonds, forming one-dimensional chains along [100]. The crystal structure also has short BrO=C intermolecular contacts with distances of 2.843 (4) and 2.852 (4) Å.
Bromomaleic anhydride (3-bromofuran-2,5-dione, 2.0 ml, 22 mmol) was disolved in 10 ml dichloromethane and and trimethylsilyl azide (3.1 ml, 23 mmol) were added dropwise maintaining the reaction temperature below 278K. The solution was stirred under nitrogen for 4 h and then at room temperature for 20 h. To the suspension was added absolute ethanol (6 ml). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 2 hrs. The white precipitate was filtered, washed with dichlormethane, and then dried in vacuo to give the final compound as a white solid (0.85 g, 21%).
Hydrogen positions were calculated and refined using a riding model using the following C—H distances: methylene 0.93 Å, and N—H 0.86 Å. The Uiso values for the H atoms were set at 20% above that of the bonded C or N atom.
Data collection: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); cell refinement: XSCANS (Bruker, 1996); data reduction: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
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| Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title compound, with atom labels and 50% probability displacement ellipsoids for non-H atoms. The dashed line indicates a hydrogen bond. |
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| Fig. 2. The two indetendent molecules in the asymmetric unit plus a pair related by translation along the a axis (O2A is identical to O2AA by translation, as are N3 and N3B). The psuedo-2-fold screw runs approximately through O2 and O2A. |
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| Fig. 3. Packing diagram of the title compound viewed approximately along [100]. Dashed lines indicate hydrogen bonds and Br···O contacts. |
| C4H2BrNO3 | F(000) = 736 |
| Mr = 191.98 | Dx = 2.224 Mg m−3 Dm = 2.21 Mg m−3 Dm measured by floatation in Bromoform/Hexane solution |
| Orthorhombic, P22121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| Hall symbol: P 2bc 2 | Cell parameters from 25 reflections |
| a = 7.8913 (12) Å | θ = 10.4–13.1° |
| b = 11.8481 (16) Å | µ = 7.09 mm−1 |
| c = 12.264 (2) Å | T = 293 K |
| V = 1146.6 (3) Å3 | Clear plate, colorless |
| Z = 8 | 0.45 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm |
| Siemens R3m/V diffractometer | 1975 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.0000 |
| graphite | θmax = 27.6°, θmin = 2.4° |
| θ–2θ scans | h = −10→0 |
| Absorption correction: ψ scan (program? reference?) | k = −15→0 |
| Tmin = 0.246, Tmax = 0.492 | l = −15→15 |
| 2649 measured reflections | 3 standard reflections every 50 reflections |
| 2649 independent reflections | intensity decay: none |
| Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.092 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0593P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| S = 0.95 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
| 2649 reflections | Δρmax = 0.85 e Å−3 |
| 163 parameters | Δρmin = −0.53 e Å−3 |
| 0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1123 Friedel pairs |
| Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Flack parameter: 0.000 (17) |
| C4H2BrNO3 | V = 1146.6 (3) Å3 |
| Mr = 191.98 | Z = 8 |
| Orthorhombic, P22121 | Mo Kα radiation |
| a = 7.8913 (12) Å | µ = 7.09 mm−1 |
| b = 11.8481 (16) Å | T = 293 K |
| c = 12.264 (2) Å | 0.45 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm |
| Siemens R3m/V diffractometer | 1975 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Absorption correction: ψ scan (program? reference?) | Rint = 0.0000 |
| Tmin = 0.246, Tmax = 0.492 | θmax = 27.6° |
| 2649 measured reflections | 3 standard reflections every 50 reflections |
| 2649 independent reflections | intensity decay: none |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.092 | Δρmax = 0.85 e Å−3 |
| S = 0.95 | Δρmin = −0.53 e Å−3 |
| 2649 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1123 Friedel pairs |
| 163 parameters | Flack parameter: 0.000 (17) |
| 0 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. Successful refinement of the structure in space group P22~1~2~1~ confirms the assignment of this symmetry, which was not the intial choice based on the systematic absences. The pseudo-2-fold screw between the two molecules in the asymmetric unit likely results in the near extinction of the h = 2n + 1 reflections in the h00 line. Only two reflections, -7 0 0 and -9 0 0, have an observed structure factor with a sigma greater than 1, approximately 2. The agreement of the observed and calculated structure factors for these two reflections is good. Although these reflections are, indeed, quite weak the observed structure factors are 2 to 10 times the those of the unobserved k = 2n + 1 and l = 2n + 1 reflections on the 0k0 and 00l lines. These screw-required absent reflections have an intensity of less than one sigma. Note: Checkcif offers conflicting instructions on the choice of the space group. Oiginally solved as P2\~1\~2\~1\~2 checkcif gave PLAT158: Unless for special reasons related to the structure/content, a unitcell and structure is best reported with reference to the Niggli Reduced Cell. Thus I redid the structure as P22\~1\~2\~1\~ and checkcif gave PLAT128 The reported monoclinic space-group is in a non-standard setting. Transformation to the conventional setting is indicated unless there is a good (scientific) reason not to do so. I assume the check for standard reduced cell trumpts the check for non-standard monoclinic space-group setting |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| O1 | 0.7479 (4) | 0.1954 (3) | 1.0268 (3) | 0.0408 (10) | |
| C2 | 0.6216 (7) | 0.1447 (5) | 0.9687 (5) | 0.0426 (14) | |
| O2 | 0.6557 (5) | 0.0824 (4) | 0.8955 (4) | 0.0591 (13) | |
| N3 | 0.4615 (5) | 0.1735 (4) | 0.9981 (4) | 0.0396 (12) | |
| H3 | 0.3776 | 0.1423 | 0.9651 | 0.047* | |
| Br4 | 0.19716 (8) | 0.27493 (5) | 1.10658 (5) | 0.04118 (17) | |
| C4 | 0.4291 (7) | 0.2498 (5) | 1.0778 (5) | 0.0351 (14) | |
| C5 | 0.5485 (7) | 0.3026 (5) | 1.1320 (6) | 0.0417 (16) | |
| H5 | 0.5221 | 0.3540 | 1.1867 | 0.050* | |
| C6 | 0.7231 (7) | 0.2779 (5) | 1.1037 (5) | 0.0431 (14) | |
| O6 | 0.8479 (5) | 0.3214 (5) | 1.1413 (5) | 0.0605 (15) | |
| O1A | 0.2522 (4) | −0.0212 (4) | 0.7657 (3) | 0.0419 (10) | |
| C2A | 0.1283 (7) | 0.0287 (5) | 0.8248 (5) | 0.0422 (14) | |
| O2A | 0.1627 (5) | 0.0880 (4) | 0.8988 (4) | 0.0570 (13) | |
| N3A | −0.0342 (6) | 0.0020 (4) | 0.7945 (4) | 0.0399 (12) | |
| H3A | −0.1178 | 0.0280 | 0.8318 | 0.048* | |
| Br4A | −0.29870 (8) | −0.08742 (5) | 0.67770 (5) | 0.04625 (19) | |
| C4A | −0.0658 (6) | −0.0657 (5) | 0.7057 (5) | 0.0364 (14) | |
| C5A | 0.0530 (8) | −0.1107 (6) | 0.6454 (6) | 0.0497 (18) | |
| H5A | 0.0261 | −0.1559 | 0.5858 | 0.060* | |
| C6A | 0.2254 (8) | −0.0883 (5) | 0.6738 (5) | 0.0459 (15) | |
| O6A | 0.3514 (5) | −0.1203 (5) | 0.6290 (5) | 0.0693 (18) |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| O1 | 0.0207 (18) | 0.052 (3) | 0.050 (2) | 0.0026 (15) | −0.0004 (16) | −0.004 (2) |
| C2 | 0.022 (2) | 0.053 (4) | 0.052 (4) | −0.001 (3) | 0.006 (3) | −0.007 (3) |
| O2 | 0.040 (3) | 0.075 (3) | 0.062 (3) | 0.000 (2) | 0.005 (2) | −0.039 (3) |
| N3 | 0.021 (2) | 0.048 (3) | 0.049 (3) | −0.004 (2) | 0.003 (2) | −0.009 (2) |
| Br4 | 0.0184 (2) | 0.0541 (3) | 0.0510 (3) | 0.0028 (3) | 0.0026 (3) | −0.0047 (3) |
| C4 | 0.025 (3) | 0.041 (3) | 0.039 (3) | −0.004 (2) | 0.004 (2) | −0.001 (3) |
| C5 | 0.025 (3) | 0.050 (4) | 0.050 (4) | 0.009 (2) | 0.004 (2) | −0.009 (3) |
| C6 | 0.020 (3) | 0.052 (3) | 0.057 (4) | −0.001 (3) | 0.004 (3) | −0.006 (3) |
| O6 | 0.022 (2) | 0.078 (3) | 0.081 (4) | −0.002 (2) | −0.001 (2) | −0.033 (3) |
| O1A | 0.0177 (16) | 0.054 (2) | 0.054 (3) | −0.0022 (15) | −0.0026 (16) | −0.003 (2) |
| C2A | 0.027 (3) | 0.053 (4) | 0.046 (4) | −0.009 (3) | −0.005 (3) | −0.004 (3) |
| O2A | 0.032 (2) | 0.082 (3) | 0.057 (3) | −0.008 (2) | −0.005 (2) | −0.022 (3) |
| N3A | 0.023 (2) | 0.051 (3) | 0.046 (3) | −0.002 (2) | 0.000 (2) | −0.010 (2) |
| Br4A | 0.0177 (2) | 0.0591 (4) | 0.0620 (4) | −0.0024 (3) | −0.0031 (3) | −0.0144 (3) |
| C4A | 0.020 (3) | 0.040 (3) | 0.049 (4) | −0.003 (2) | −0.005 (2) | 0.002 (3) |
| C5A | 0.029 (3) | 0.066 (4) | 0.054 (4) | 0.001 (3) | −0.003 (3) | −0.019 (3) |
| C6A | 0.028 (3) | 0.059 (4) | 0.052 (4) | 0.003 (3) | 0.004 (3) | −0.006 (3) |
| O6A | 0.0171 (19) | 0.106 (4) | 0.084 (4) | 0.000 (2) | 0.003 (2) | −0.040 (3) |
| O1—C2 | 1.365 (7) | O1A—C2A | 1.353 (7) |
| O1—C6 | 1.372 (7) | O1A—C6A | 1.395 (7) |
| C2—O2 | 1.193 (7) | C2A—O2A | 1.179 (7) |
| C2—N3 | 1.358 (7) | C2A—N3A | 1.372 (7) |
| N3—C4 | 1.355 (8) | N3A—C4A | 1.375 (8) |
| N3—O2A | 2.841 (6) | N3A—O2i | 2.903 (6) |
| N3—H3 | 0.8600 | N3A—H3A | 0.8600 |
| Br4—C4 | 1.888 (5) | Br4A—C4A | 1.887 (5) |
| Br4—O6i | 2.843 (4) | Br4A—O6Ai | 2.852 (4) |
| C4—C5 | 1.312 (8) | C4A—C5A | 1.308 (8) |
| C5—C6 | 1.451 (7) | C5A—C6A | 1.429 (8) |
| C5—H5 | 0.9300 | C5A—H5A | 0.9300 |
| C6—O6 | 1.203 (7) | C6A—O6A | 1.198 (7) |
| C2—O1—C6 | 124.7 (4) | O2A—C2A—O1A | 120.4 (5) |
| O2—C2—N3 | 124.5 (6) | O2A—C2A—N3A | 124.1 (6) |
| O2—C2—O1 | 120.0 (5) | O1A—C2A—N3A | 115.4 (5) |
| N3—C2—O1 | 115.4 (5) | C2A—O2A—N3 | 137.2 (4) |
| C4—N3—C2 | 122.4 (5) | C2A—N3A—C4A | 121.2 (5) |
| C4—N3—O2A | 113.0 (3) | C2A—N3A—O2i | 126.6 (4) |
| C2—N3—O2A | 124.6 (4) | C4A—N3A—O2i | 112.1 (3) |
| C4—N3—H3 | 118.8 | C2A—N3A—H3A | 119.4 |
| C2—N3—H3 | 118.8 | C4A—N3A—H3A | 119.4 |
| C4—Br4—O6i | 177.0 (2) | C4A—Br4A—O6Ai | 178.4 (2) |
| C5—C4—N3 | 123.2 (5) | C5A—C4A—N3A | 123.8 (5) |
| C5—C4—Br4 | 121.8 (5) | C5A—C4A—Br4A | 122.7 (5) |
| N3—C4—Br4 | 115.0 (4) | N3A—C4A—Br4A | 113.6 (4) |
| C4—C5—C6 | 117.7 (6) | C4A—C5A—C6A | 117.9 (6) |
| C4—C5—H5 | 121.1 | C4A—C5A—H5A | 121.0 |
| C6—C5—H5 | 121.1 | C6A—C5A—H5A | 121.0 |
| O6—C6—O1 | 116.9 (5) | O6A—C6A—O1A | 115.2 (5) |
| O6—C6—C5 | 126.8 (6) | O6A—C6A—C5A | 128.3 (6) |
| O1—C6—C5 | 116.3 (5) | O1A—C6A—C5A | 116.6 (5) |
| C2A—O1A—C6A | 124.9 (4) |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| N3—H3···O2A | 0.86 | 1.99 | 2.841 (6) | 171 |
| N3A—H3A···O2i | 0.86 | 2.05 | 2.903 (6) | 169 |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z. |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| N3—H3···O2A | 0.86 | 1.99 | 2.841 (6) | 171 |
| N3A—H3A···O2i | 0.86 | 2.05 | 2.903 (6) | 169 |
| Symmetry codes: (i) x−1, y, z. |
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Three derivatives of 3-oxauracil (4-methyl, 4-bromo, and 4,5 dibromo) were prepared in route to the synthesis of 1-aza -1,3-butadienes. The synthesis of these compounds has previously been reported by Warren et al. (1975) and an improved synthesis of the unsubstituted 3-oxauracil was reported by Rehberg & Glass (1995). The synthesis reported herein for the title compound is analogous. The structure of the unsubstituted 3-oxauracil and its monohydrate has been reported by Copley et. al. (2005). The hydrogen bonding networks in the three derivatives differ significantly (see also: Parrish, Leuschner et al., 2009; Parrish, Glass et al., 2009).
In the title compound there are two crystallographically independent molecules in the asymmetric unit (Fig. 1). These two molecules are arranged in a planar, pseudo-2-fold screw relationship, as shown in Figure 2. There is a hydrogen bond between the two molecules, N3···O2A, and between the second molecule with a translation related molecule one, N3A···O2C. These two hydrogen bonds are not related by crystallographic symmetry.
There are short, non-bonded contacts between the bromines and the O6 oxygen of the translation related molecules (Fig. 3). A search of the Cambridge Structural Database finds only 10 structures with Br···O=C intermolecular distances of 2.9 Å or less. In the title structure these intermolecular distances are 2.843 (4) Å and 2.852 (4) Å. For example, similar structure, 5-Bromopyrimidin-2(1H)-one reported by Yathirajan et al. (2007) has a Br···O=C intermolecular distance of 2.895Å [based on coordinates reported in the Cambridge Structural Database (Version 5.30; Allen et al., 2002) as refcode JEVVOW].