organic compounds
Diospyrin
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland
*Correspondence e-mail: w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
The structure of the title natural product, 1′,5-dihydroxy-3′,7-dimethyl-2,2′-binaphthalene-1,4,5′,8′-tetrone, C22H14O6, confirms the atomic connectivity postulated on the basis of spectroscopic data. The geometric parameters are normal and the angle between the planes of the two ring systems is 59.74 (2)°. The crystal packing is influenced by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and possible short C—H⋯O and π–π stacking interactions.
Comment
Diopyrin, C22H14O6, (I), is an orange–red naphthoquinonylnaphthoquinone that is present in the heartwood of many species of Diospyros (persimmon) trees (Thomson, 1987). The potent antimycobacterial properties of diospyrin and its analogues have been investigated by various workers (Lall et al., 2003, and references therein). Arguments based on NMR spectra (Sidhu & Pardhasaradhi, 1967, 1970; Lillie & Musgrave, 1977) indicated that diospyrin has the structure shown in the scheme below, with a 6-21 linkage present between the naphthoquinonyl units, and a recent synthesis (Yoshida & Mori, 2000) has provided support for this hypothesis. However, the alternative 6-31 mode of linkage has never been conclusively disproved. We have now established crystallographically that diospyrin does indeed have the 6-21 structure (Fig. 1).
The geometric parameters for (I) (Table 1) are consistent with those reported for other naphthoquinone systems (Lynch & McClenaghan, 2002). In the crystal, the two ring systems (C1–C11/O1–O3, with an r.m.s. deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.048 Å, and C12–C22/O5/O6, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.069 Å) are not coplanar, the angle between their least-squares planes being 59.74 (2)°. The length of the inter-ring C9—C12 bond [1.494 (3) Å] suggests that it is essentially a single bond. A somewhat surprising feature is that the bulky C11 methyl group lies close to atom O4 rather than, as might be expected, close to the much smaller H atom attached to atom C13. As a result, atom O4 is significantly displaced [by 0.387 (3) Å] from the least-squares plane of its naphthoquinonyl unit (C12–C22/O5/O6). Conversely, atom C11 shows no significant deviation [displacement = 0.018 (2) Å] from the C1–C11/O1–O3 least-squares plane.
Both OH groups participate in bifurcated intra/intermolecular hydrogen bonds to C=O acceptors (Table 2). The intramolecular O—H⋯O bonds are much shorter and stronger than the intermolecular links. This difference results in an `unbalanced' hydrogen-bonding network, in which atoms O2 and O5 accept two hydrogen bonds each (one intramolecular and one intermolecular), and atoms O1 and O4 do not accept any conventional hydrogen bonds. Together (Fig. 2), the O—H⋯O bonds generate infinite [010] stacks of molecules of (I), generated by a 21 screw axis. A PLATON (Spek, 2003) analysis of (I) indicated the possible presence of two short C—H⋯O interactions arising from methyl group H atoms (Table 2), although such interactions are expected to be very weak for such `unactivated' bonds (Desiraju & Steiner, 1999). Interestingly, the acceptor atoms are the `underbonded' atoms O1 and O4 (see above). If they are not merely packing artefacts, these C—H⋯O interactions may provide some coherence between adjacent [010] stacks of molecules in the a direction. Possible π–π stacking interactions, with a centroid–centroid separation of less than 4.0 Å, are listed in Table 3. The relatively large value of Δ in each case suggests that these interactions are weak.
The structure shown in Fig. 1 is dissymmetric, but crystal symmetry generates a that is consistent with the lack of optical activity shown by (I) in solution (Lillie et al., 1976). The interconversion of the two enantiomeric forms would be expected to occur readily in solution by analogy with the behaviour of trisubstituted biphenyls such as (II) (Adams & Teeter, 1940), which undergo rapid in solution. The crystal packing of (I) is shown in Fig. 3.
Experimental
Diospyrin was isolated from Diospyros montana (cf. Lillie et al., 1976) and recrystallized from chloroform as an intense orange powder accompanied by one or two well faceted orange plates.
Crystal data
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Refinement
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H atoms bonded to O atoms were found in difference maps and refined as riding. H atoms bonded to C atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H = 0.96–0.98 Å) and refined as riding, allowing for Uiso(H) values were constrained to be 1.2Ueq(attached atom) [1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms].
of the rigid methyl groups.Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1999); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
10.1107/S0108270104007826/hj1005sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S0108270104007826/hj1005Isup2.hkl
Diospyrin was isolated from Diospyros montana (cf. Lillie et al., 1976) and recrystallized from chloroform as an intense orange powder accompanied by one or two well faceted orange plates.
H atoms bonded to O atoms were found in difference maps and refined as riding. H atoms bonded to C atoms were placed in calculated positions (C—H = 0.96–0.98 Å) and refined as riding, allowing for
of the rigid methyl groups. Uiso(H) values were constrained to be 1.2Ueq(attached atom) or 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl H atoms.Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1999); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.Fig. 1. The asymmetric unit of (I) (50% probability displacement ellipsoids). H atoms are drawn as small spheres of arbitrary radii and hydrogen bonds are indicated by dashed lines. | |
Fig. 2. A detail of (I), showing the [010] stacking resulting from O—H···O bydrogen bonds (50% probability displacement ellipsoids). [Symmetry codes: (i) 1/2 − x, 1/2 + y, 1/2 − z; (ii) x, 1 + y, z.] | |
Fig. 3. The crystal packing of (I), projected on to (010) (H atoms have been omitted for clarity). |
C22H14O6 | F(000) = 776 |
Mr = 374.33 | Dx = 1.504 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2yn | Cell parameters from 2069 reflections |
a = 13.5603 (10) Å | θ = 2.6–25.5° |
b = 7.8549 (6) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
c = 15.8121 (11) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 101.063 (2)° | Plate, orange |
V = 1652.9 (2) Å3 | 0.36 × 0.29 × 0.05 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 3091 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1739 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.039 |
ω scans | θmax = 25.6°, θmin = 2.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | h = −16→14 |
Tmin = 0.920, Tmax = 0.995 | k = −9→8 |
10116 measured reflections | l = −19→19 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: difmap (O-H) and geom (C-H) |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.127 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.069P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.92 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
3091 reflections | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
255 parameters | Δρmin = −0.19 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C22H14O6 | V = 1652.9 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 374.33 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/n | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 13.5603 (10) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 7.8549 (6) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 15.8121 (11) Å | 0.36 × 0.29 × 0.05 mm |
β = 101.063 (2)° |
Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer | 3091 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | 1739 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.920, Tmax = 0.995 | Rint = 0.039 |
10116 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.046 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.127 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.92 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
3091 reflections | Δρmin = −0.19 e Å−3 |
255 parameters |
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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.67119 (14) | 0.3929 (3) | −0.06871 (11) | 0.0706 (6) | |
O2 | 0.33522 (12) | 0.0988 (3) | −0.01421 (10) | 0.0661 (6) | |
O3 | 0.37668 (11) | 0.1809 (2) | 0.14853 (9) | 0.0505 (5) | |
H1 | 0.3427 | 0.1212 | 0.0983 | 0.061* | |
O4 | 0.62949 (13) | 0.1313 (2) | 0.33927 (10) | 0.0634 (5) | |
O5 | 0.30530 (11) | 0.4599 (2) | 0.39318 (9) | 0.0496 (5) | |
O6 | 0.34246 (11) | 0.3695 (2) | 0.55636 (9) | 0.0510 (5) | |
H2 | 0.3024 | 0.4207 | 0.5036 | 0.061* | |
C1 | 0.59863 (18) | 0.3184 (3) | −0.05253 (14) | 0.0449 (6) | |
C2 | 0.53119 (19) | 0.2234 (3) | −0.12023 (15) | 0.0563 (7) | |
H3 | 0.5485 | 0.2126 | −0.1741 | 0.068* | |
C3 | 0.44699 (19) | 0.1528 (3) | −0.10728 (15) | 0.0560 (7) | |
H4 | 0.4064 | 0.0953 | −0.1524 | 0.067* | |
C4 | 0.41564 (17) | 0.1630 (3) | −0.02276 (14) | 0.0449 (6) | |
C5 | 0.48317 (15) | 0.2454 (3) | 0.04771 (12) | 0.0369 (5) | |
C6 | 0.57353 (16) | 0.3201 (3) | 0.03472 (13) | 0.0373 (5) | |
C7 | 0.63802 (15) | 0.3939 (3) | 0.10202 (13) | 0.0416 (6) | |
H5 | 0.6974 | 0.4424 | 0.0923 | 0.050* | |
C8 | 0.61665 (15) | 0.3981 (3) | 0.18499 (13) | 0.0388 (5) | |
C9 | 0.52763 (15) | 0.3260 (3) | 0.19949 (13) | 0.0346 (5) | |
C10 | 0.46086 (15) | 0.2503 (3) | 0.13101 (13) | 0.0364 (5) | |
C11 | 0.68818 (17) | 0.4857 (4) | 0.25561 (14) | 0.0591 (8) | |
H6 | 0.7400 | 0.5406 | 0.2319 | 0.089* | |
H7 | 0.7178 | 0.4034 | 0.2978 | 0.089* | |
H8 | 0.6525 | 0.5692 | 0.2824 | 0.089* | |
C12 | 0.50020 (14) | 0.3249 (3) | 0.28660 (13) | 0.0346 (5) | |
C13 | 0.41787 (15) | 0.4030 (3) | 0.30217 (13) | 0.0367 (5) | |
H9 | 0.3792 | 0.4660 | 0.2581 | 0.044* | |
C14 | 0.38558 (15) | 0.3939 (3) | 0.38549 (13) | 0.0353 (5) | |
C15 | 0.45032 (14) | 0.3069 (3) | 0.45627 (12) | 0.0326 (5) | |
C16 | 0.53997 (14) | 0.2289 (3) | 0.44382 (13) | 0.0345 (5) | |
C17 | 0.56283 (15) | 0.2224 (3) | 0.35557 (13) | 0.0383 (5) | |
C18 | 0.42673 (15) | 0.3008 (3) | 0.53877 (13) | 0.0358 (5) | |
C19 | 0.49258 (15) | 0.2243 (3) | 0.60535 (14) | 0.0395 (5) | |
H10 | 0.4759 | 0.2204 | 0.6597 | 0.047* | |
C20 | 0.58219 (15) | 0.1535 (3) | 0.59406 (13) | 0.0374 (5) | |
C21 | 0.60467 (15) | 0.1542 (3) | 0.51152 (13) | 0.0378 (5) | |
H11 | 0.6637 | 0.1039 | 0.5022 | 0.045* | |
C22 | 0.65535 (16) | 0.0810 (3) | 0.66902 (13) | 0.0513 (6) | |
H12 | 0.6970 | −0.0022 | 0.6485 | 0.077* | |
H13 | 0.6191 | 0.0281 | 0.7085 | 0.077* | |
H14 | 0.6967 | 0.1707 | 0.6979 | 0.077* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0842 (13) | 0.0900 (15) | 0.0464 (11) | −0.0220 (11) | 0.0350 (10) | −0.0037 (10) |
O2 | 0.0535 (11) | 0.0962 (16) | 0.0487 (11) | −0.0201 (10) | 0.0100 (8) | −0.0171 (10) |
O3 | 0.0442 (9) | 0.0720 (13) | 0.0388 (9) | −0.0181 (8) | 0.0166 (7) | −0.0120 (8) |
O4 | 0.0697 (11) | 0.0819 (14) | 0.0463 (10) | 0.0361 (10) | 0.0307 (9) | 0.0157 (9) |
O5 | 0.0422 (9) | 0.0669 (12) | 0.0430 (9) | 0.0149 (8) | 0.0162 (7) | 0.0027 (8) |
O6 | 0.0476 (9) | 0.0729 (13) | 0.0364 (9) | 0.0147 (8) | 0.0178 (7) | 0.0019 (8) |
C1 | 0.0545 (15) | 0.0507 (16) | 0.0342 (13) | 0.0013 (11) | 0.0200 (11) | 0.0055 (11) |
C2 | 0.0701 (17) | 0.075 (2) | 0.0270 (12) | 0.0019 (14) | 0.0172 (12) | −0.0051 (12) |
C3 | 0.0610 (17) | 0.074 (2) | 0.0311 (13) | −0.0001 (13) | 0.0051 (12) | −0.0075 (12) |
C4 | 0.0448 (14) | 0.0547 (17) | 0.0346 (13) | 0.0006 (11) | 0.0064 (11) | −0.0037 (11) |
C5 | 0.0406 (12) | 0.0417 (15) | 0.0293 (12) | 0.0011 (10) | 0.0091 (10) | −0.0004 (10) |
C6 | 0.0446 (13) | 0.0395 (14) | 0.0295 (12) | 0.0031 (10) | 0.0118 (10) | 0.0033 (10) |
C7 | 0.0395 (13) | 0.0507 (16) | 0.0382 (13) | −0.0068 (10) | 0.0169 (10) | −0.0001 (11) |
C8 | 0.0383 (12) | 0.0472 (15) | 0.0325 (12) | −0.0038 (10) | 0.0111 (10) | 0.0002 (10) |
C9 | 0.0369 (12) | 0.0413 (15) | 0.0271 (11) | 0.0010 (9) | 0.0095 (9) | 0.0013 (9) |
C10 | 0.0359 (12) | 0.0417 (15) | 0.0336 (12) | 0.0001 (9) | 0.0119 (9) | 0.0005 (10) |
C11 | 0.0502 (15) | 0.090 (2) | 0.0382 (13) | −0.0199 (13) | 0.0119 (11) | −0.0076 (14) |
C12 | 0.0362 (12) | 0.0401 (14) | 0.0298 (11) | −0.0040 (9) | 0.0122 (9) | −0.0014 (10) |
C13 | 0.0392 (12) | 0.0421 (14) | 0.0291 (11) | 0.0011 (10) | 0.0075 (9) | 0.0029 (10) |
C14 | 0.0339 (12) | 0.0397 (14) | 0.0340 (12) | −0.0016 (10) | 0.0104 (9) | −0.0035 (10) |
C15 | 0.0353 (12) | 0.0349 (13) | 0.0289 (11) | −0.0008 (9) | 0.0092 (9) | −0.0026 (9) |
C16 | 0.0373 (12) | 0.0363 (14) | 0.0325 (12) | −0.0021 (9) | 0.0137 (9) | −0.0018 (10) |
C17 | 0.0403 (12) | 0.0429 (14) | 0.0353 (12) | 0.0043 (10) | 0.0161 (10) | 0.0019 (10) |
C18 | 0.0366 (12) | 0.0399 (14) | 0.0336 (12) | −0.0013 (9) | 0.0132 (10) | −0.0050 (10) |
C19 | 0.0488 (14) | 0.0436 (15) | 0.0291 (11) | −0.0026 (11) | 0.0148 (10) | −0.0014 (10) |
C20 | 0.0419 (13) | 0.0400 (14) | 0.0306 (12) | −0.0035 (9) | 0.0077 (10) | 0.0004 (10) |
C21 | 0.0363 (12) | 0.0443 (15) | 0.0344 (12) | 0.0029 (9) | 0.0107 (10) | 0.0010 (10) |
C22 | 0.0545 (15) | 0.0632 (18) | 0.0362 (13) | 0.0066 (12) | 0.0087 (11) | 0.0075 (12) |
O1—C1 | 1.214 (3) | C9—C12 | 1.494 (3) |
O2—C4 | 1.232 (3) | C11—H6 | 0.9600 |
O3—C10 | 1.341 (2) | C11—H7 | 0.9600 |
O3—H1 | 0.9612 | C11—H8 | 0.9600 |
O4—C17 | 1.218 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.337 (3) |
O5—C14 | 1.233 (2) | C12—C17 | 1.485 (3) |
O6—C18 | 1.340 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.468 (3) |
O6—H2 | 0.9899 | C13—H9 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.471 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.454 (3) |
C1—C6 | 1.483 (3) | C15—C18 | 1.402 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.320 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.408 (3) |
C2—H3 | 0.9300 | C16—C21 | 1.378 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.480 (3) | C16—C17 | 1.487 (3) |
C3—H4 | 0.9300 | C18—C19 | 1.381 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.452 (3) | C19—C20 | 1.379 (3) |
C5—C10 | 1.407 (3) | C19—H10 | 0.9300 |
C5—C6 | 1.409 (3) | C20—C21 | 1.396 (3) |
C6—C7 | 1.370 (3) | C20—C22 | 1.504 (3) |
C7—C8 | 1.397 (3) | C21—H11 | 0.9300 |
C7—H5 | 0.9300 | C22—H12 | 0.9600 |
C8—C9 | 1.391 (3) | C22—H13 | 0.9600 |
C8—C11 | 1.499 (3) | C22—H14 | 0.9600 |
C9—C10 | 1.404 (3) | ||
C10—O3—H1 | 108.7 | H7—C11—H8 | 109.5 |
C18—O6—H2 | 109.9 | C13—C12—C17 | 119.58 (18) |
O1—C1—C2 | 120.5 (2) | C13—C12—C9 | 122.10 (19) |
O1—C1—C6 | 122.1 (2) | C17—C12—C9 | 118.15 (17) |
C2—C1—C6 | 117.4 (2) | C12—C13—C14 | 123.1 (2) |
C3—C2—C1 | 122.4 (2) | C12—C13—H9 | 118.4 |
C3—C2—H3 | 118.8 | C14—C13—H9 | 118.4 |
C1—C2—H3 | 118.8 | O5—C14—C15 | 122.43 (19) |
C2—C3—C4 | 121.6 (2) | O5—C14—C13 | 119.29 (19) |
C2—C3—H4 | 119.2 | C15—C14—C13 | 118.28 (18) |
C4—C3—H4 | 119.2 | C18—C15—C16 | 118.19 (19) |
O2—C4—C5 | 122.6 (2) | C18—C15—C14 | 121.35 (18) |
O2—C4—C3 | 119.4 (2) | C16—C15—C14 | 120.44 (18) |
C5—C4—C3 | 118.0 (2) | C21—C16—C15 | 120.96 (19) |
C10—C5—C6 | 118.31 (19) | C21—C16—C17 | 119.85 (18) |
C10—C5—C4 | 120.88 (19) | C15—C16—C17 | 119.16 (19) |
C6—C5—C4 | 120.80 (19) | O4—C17—C12 | 120.42 (19) |
C7—C6—C5 | 120.44 (19) | O4—C17—C16 | 121.0 (2) |
C7—C6—C1 | 120.0 (2) | C12—C17—C16 | 118.52 (18) |
C5—C6—C1 | 119.5 (2) | O6—C18—C19 | 117.99 (18) |
C6—C7—C8 | 121.53 (19) | O6—C18—C15 | 122.37 (19) |
C6—C7—H5 | 119.2 | C19—C18—C15 | 119.63 (18) |
C8—C7—H5 | 119.2 | C20—C19—C18 | 122.28 (19) |
C9—C8—C7 | 119.21 (19) | C20—C19—H10 | 118.9 |
C9—C8—C11 | 121.46 (19) | C18—C19—H10 | 118.9 |
C7—C8—C11 | 119.29 (19) | C19—C20—C21 | 118.39 (19) |
C8—C9—C10 | 119.79 (18) | C19—C20—C22 | 121.02 (19) |
C8—C9—C12 | 122.12 (19) | C21—C20—C22 | 120.58 (19) |
C10—C9—C12 | 118.09 (17) | C16—C21—C20 | 120.47 (19) |
O3—C10—C9 | 117.48 (18) | C16—C21—H11 | 119.8 |
O3—C10—C5 | 121.79 (18) | C20—C21—H11 | 119.8 |
C9—C10—C5 | 120.72 (18) | C20—C22—H12 | 109.5 |
C8—C11—H6 | 109.5 | C20—C22—H13 | 109.5 |
C8—C11—H7 | 109.5 | H12—C22—H13 | 109.5 |
H6—C11—H7 | 109.5 | C20—C22—H14 | 109.5 |
C8—C11—H8 | 109.5 | H12—C22—H14 | 109.5 |
H6—C11—H8 | 109.5 | H13—C22—H14 | 109.5 |
C8—C9—C12—C17 | −66.2 (3) | C10—C9—C12—C17 | 113.3 (2) |
C8—C9—C12—C13 | 118.5 (2) | C10—C9—C12—C13 | −61.9 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O3—H1···O2 | 0.96 | 1.77 | 2.607 (2) | 144 |
O3—H1···O5i | 0.96 | 2.40 | 2.986 (2) | 119 |
O6—H2···O5 | 0.99 | 1.78 | 2.630 (2) | 142 |
O6—H2···O2ii | 0.99 | 2.36 | 2.980 (2) | 120 |
C11—H6···O4iii | 0.96 | 2.38 | 3.331 (3) | 170 |
C22—H12···O1iv | 0.96 | 2.52 | 3.415 (3) | 156 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+3/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iv) −x+3/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C22H14O6 |
Mr | 374.33 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/n |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 13.5603 (10), 7.8549 (6), 15.8121 (11) |
β (°) | 101.063 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1652.9 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.36 × 0.29 × 0.05 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART 1000 CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.920, 0.995 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10116, 3091, 1739 |
Rint | 0.039 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.608 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.046, 0.127, 0.92 |
No. of reflections | 3091 |
No. of parameters | 255 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.22, −0.19 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1999), SAINT (Bruker, 1999), SAINT, SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997), SHELXL97.
O1—C1 | 1.214 (3) | C8—C11 | 1.499 (3) |
O2—C4 | 1.232 (3) | C9—C10 | 1.404 (3) |
O3—C10 | 1.341 (2) | C9—C12 | 1.494 (3) |
O4—C17 | 1.218 (2) | C12—C13 | 1.337 (3) |
O5—C14 | 1.233 (2) | C12—C17 | 1.485 (3) |
O6—C18 | 1.340 (2) | C13—C14 | 1.468 (3) |
C1—C2 | 1.471 (3) | C14—C15 | 1.454 (3) |
C1—C6 | 1.483 (3) | C15—C18 | 1.402 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.320 (3) | C15—C16 | 1.408 (3) |
C3—C4 | 1.480 (3) | C16—C21 | 1.378 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.452 (3) | C16—C17 | 1.487 (3) |
C5—C10 | 1.407 (3) | C18—C19 | 1.381 (3) |
C5—C6 | 1.409 (3) | C19—C20 | 1.379 (3) |
C6—C7 | 1.370 (3) | C20—C21 | 1.396 (3) |
C7—C8 | 1.397 (3) | C20—C22 | 1.504 (3) |
C8—C9 | 1.391 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O3—H1···O2 | 0.96 | 1.77 | 2.607 (2) | 144 |
O3—H1···O5i | 0.96 | 2.40 | 2.986 (2) | 119 |
O6—H2···O5 | 0.99 | 1.78 | 2.630 (2) | 142 |
O6—H2···O2ii | 0.99 | 2.36 | 2.980 (2) | 120 |
C11—H6···O4iii | 0.96 | 2.38 | 3.331 (3) | 170 |
C22—H12···O1iv | 0.96 | 2.52 | 3.415 (3) | 156 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) −x+1/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) −x+3/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iv) −x+3/2, y−1/2, −z+1/2. |
Ring1 | Ring2 | ϕ | d | Δ |
π1 | π2i | 0.0 | 3.9219 (14) | 2.15 |
π1 | π2ii | 2.9 | 3.7161 (14) | 1.17 |
π3 | π4iii | 4.5 | 3.9486 (14) | 2.02 |
π4 | π4iv | 0.0 | 3.6772 (14) | 1.36 |
Notes: π1 = centroid of atoms C1-C6; π2 = centroid of atoms C5-C10; π3 = centroid of atoms C12-C17; π4 = centroid of atoms C15, C16, C18-C21. ϕ = dihedral angle (°) between ring best planes; d = distance between ring centroids (Å); and Δ = displacement (Å) of the centroid of ring 2 relative to the intersection point of the normal to the centroid of ring 1 and the best least-squares plane of ring 2. Symmetry codes: (i) 1 − x, −y, −z; (ii) 1 − x, 1 − y, −z; (iii) 1 − x, 1 − y, 1 − z; (iv) 1 − x, −y, 1 − z. |
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Diopyrin, C22H14O6, (I), is an orange–red naphthoquinonylnaphthoquinone that is present in the heartwood of many species of Diospyros (persimmon) trees (Thomson, 1987). The potent antimycobacterial properties of diospyrin and its analogues have been investigated by various workers (Lall et al., 2003, and references therein). Arguments based on NMR spectra (Sidhu & Pardhasaradhi, 1967, 1970; Lillie & Musgrave, 1977) indicated that diospyrin has the structure shown in the scheme below, with a (6–21) linkage present between the naphthoquinonyl units, and a recent synthesis (Yoshida & Mori, 2000) has provided support for this hypothesis. However, the alternative (6–31) mode of linkage has never been conclusively disproved. We have now established crystallographically that diospyrin does indeed have the structure shown (Fig. 1).
The geometric parameters for (I) (Table 1) are consistent with those reported for other naphthoquinone systems (Lynch & McClenaghan, 2002). In the crystal, the two ring systems (C1–C11/O1–O3, with an r.m.s. deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.048 Å, and C12–C22/O5/O6, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.069 Å) are not coplanar, the angle between their least-squares planes being 59.74 (2)°. The inter-ring C9—C12 bond length [1.494 (3) Å] suggests that it is essentially a single bond. A somewhat surprising feature is that the bulky C11 methyl group lies close to the atom O4 rather than, as might be expected, close to the much smaller H atom attached to atom C13. As a result, atom O4 is significantly displaced [by 0.387 (3) Å] from the least-squares plane of its naphthoquinonyl unit (C12–C22/O5/O6). Conversely, atom C11 shows no significant deviation [displacement = 0.018 (2) Å] from the C1–C11/O1–O3 least-squares plane.
Both OH groups participate in bifurcated intra/intermolecular hydrogen bonds to C=O acceptors (Table 2). The intramolecular O—H···O bonds are much shorter and stronger than the intermolecular links. This results in an `unbalanced' hydrogen-bonding network, in which atoms O2 and O5 accept two hydrogen bonds each (one intramolecular and one intermolecular), and atoms O1 and O4 do not accept any conventional hydrogen bonds. Together (Fig. 2), the O—H···O bonds generate infinite [010] stacks of molecules of (I), generated by a 21 screw axis. A PLATON (Spek, 2003) analysis of (I) indicated the possible presence of two short C—H···O interactions arising from methyl group H atoms (Table 2), although such interactions are expected to be very weak for such `unactivated' bonds (Desiraju & Steiner, 1999). Interestingly, the acceptor atoms are the `underbonded' atoms O1 and O4 (see above). If they are not merely packing artefacts, these C—H···O interactions may provide some coherence between adjacent [010] stacks of molecules in the a direction. Possible π–π stacking interactions, with a ring–centroid separation of less than 4.0 Å, are listed in Table 3. The relatively large value of Δ in each case suggests that these interactions are weak.
The structure shown in Fig. 1 is dissymmetric, but crystal symmetry generates a racemic mixture that is consistent with the lack of optical activity shown by (I) in solution (Lillie et al., 1976). The interconversion of the two enantiomeric forms would be expected to occur readily in solution by analogy with the behaviour of trisubstituted biphenyls such as (II) (Adams & Teeter, 1940), which undergo rapid racemization in solution. The unit-cell packing of (I) is shown in Fig. 3.