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Volume 66 
Part 4 
Page o820  
April 2010  

Received 26 January 2010
Accepted 24 February 2010
Online 13 March 2010

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 113 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.006 Å
R = 0.061
wR = 0.160
Data-to-parameter ratio = 17.7
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Methyl 5-O-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-2-deoxy-3-O-methylsulfonyl-threo-pentofuranoside

aDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Yuncheng University, Yuncheng, Shanxi 044000, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: jianghongshi555@126.com

In the chiral title compound, C14H17ClO7S, an intermediate in the synthesis of the AIDS treatment drug zidovudine, the threose ring adopts an envelope configuration, with the O atom at the flap position.

Related literature

For general background to the title compound, see: Li & Yan (2009[Li, J. L. & Yan, L. (2009). Chin. Patent No. 101376667]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C14H17ClO7S

  • Mr = 364.79

  • Orthorhombic, P 21 21 21

  • a = 5.3103 (11) Å

  • b = 10.996 (2) Å

  • c = 28.559 (6) Å

  • V = 1667.6 (6) Å3

  • Z = 4

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.39 mm-1

  • T = 113 K

  • 0.16 × 0.04 × 0.02 mm

Data collection
  • Rigaku Saturn CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrystalClear; Rigaku/MSC, 2005[Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear and CrystalStructure. Rigaku/MSC Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, USA.]) Tmin = 0.941, Tmax = 0.992

  • 10486 measured reflections

  • 3708 independent reflections

  • 2350 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.081

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.061

  • wR(F2) = 0.160

  • S = 0.96

  • 3708 reflections

  • 210 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.39 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.35 e Å-3

  • Absolute structure: Flack (1983[Flack, H. D. (1983). Acta Cryst. A39, 876-881.]), 1491 Friedel pairs

  • Flack parameter: 0.14 (12)

Data collection: CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC, 2005[Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear and CrystalStructure. Rigaku/MSC Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, USA.]); cell refinement: CrystalClear; data reduction: CrystalClear; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: CrystalStructure (Rigaku/MSC, 2005[Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear and CrystalStructure. Rigaku/MSC Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, USA.]).


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HB5317 ).


Acknowledgements

We thank the College Research Program of Yuncheng University (2008112) for funding.

References

Flack, H. D. (1983). Acta Cryst. A39, 876-881.  [CrossRef] [details]
Li, J. L. & Yan, L. (2009). Chin. Patent No. 101376667
Rigaku/MSC (2005). CrystalClear and CrystalStructure. Rigaku/MSC Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]


Acta Cryst (2010). E66, o820  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810007087 ]

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