organic compounds
Comparison of racemic epi-inosose and (−)-epi-inosose
aCentre for Materials Characterization, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India, and bDivision of Organic Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
*Correspondence e-mail: s.krishnaswamy@ncl.res.in
The conversion of myo-inositol to epi-inositol can be achieved by the hydride reduction of an intermediate epi-inosose derived from myo-inositol. (−)-epi-Inosose, (I), crystallized in the monoclinic P21, with two independent molecules in the [Hosomi et al. (2000). Acta Cryst. C56, e584–e585]. On the other hand, (2RS,3SR,5SR,6SR)-epi-inosose, C6H10O6, (II), crystallized in the orthorhombic Pca21. Interestingly, the conformation of the molecules in the two structures is nearly the same, the only difference being the orientation of the C-3 and C-4 hydroxy H atoms. As a result, the molecular organization achieved mainly through strong O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding in the racemic and homochiral lattices is similar. The compound also follows Wallach's rule, in that the racemic crystals are denser than the optically active form.
Comment
epi-Inositol is known to affect regulation of the myo-inositol biosynthetic pathway (Shaldubina et al., 2002) and has been evaluated as a potential antidepressant drug that could interact with the Li+ ion and myo-inositol receptors in the brain (Einat et al., 1998; Belmaker et al., 1998; Williams et al., 2002). We have reported previously the synthesis of epi-inositol by the reduction of racemic epi-inosose (Patil et al., 2011).
A Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, Version 5.31; Allen, 2002) search yielded the structure of the optically active (−)-epi-inosose (CSD refcode XEGVUA; Hosomi et al., 2000) prepared enantioselectively by a bioconversion from myo-inositol (Hosomi et al., 2000). We were thus presented with an opportunity for the comparison of the molecular assembly in the crystals of these homochiral, (I), and racemic, (II), inososes. Single-crystal measurements for crystals of (II) were recorded at ambient temperature (297 K), as reported for (I). Crystals of the racemic ketone are orthorhombic, belonging to the noncentrosymmetric Pca21 (Fig. 1), while the homochiral ketone crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric P21, with two independent molecules (A and B) in the The atom numbering for the racemic form is consistent with that reported for the optically active compound to enable easier comparison of the crystal structures.
The superimposition of the molecules in the reveals an excellent fit of the non-H atoms, with r.m.s. deviations of 0.0058 and 0.0094 Å for the overlaid non-H atoms shown in Figs. 2a and 2b, respectively. The most significant differences are in the orientations of the hydroxy H atoms at C3 and C4. The conformation of the C3 hydroxy H atom of (II) matches that of molecule B in the of crystals of (I), whereas the conformation of the C4 hydroxy group matches that of molecule A.
of (I) and the corresponding enantiomer in (II)There is a close correspondence in the unit-cell parameters of the two structures: the a axes lengths are nearly the same and interchange of the b and c axes of the orthorhombic racemic form results in edge lengths that are nearly identical to those of the homochiral [a = 11.197 (2), b = 8.932 (2), c = 6.976 (2) Å and β = 90.21 (2)° for (I)]. In accordance with Wallach's rule (Wallach, 1895; Brock et al., 1991), the racemic crystal is 1.7% denser than the enantiomerically pure crystal, and its melting point is 492–495 K. The melting point of the crystals of (I) is not available for comparison. The of racemic epi-inosose consists of four molecules, i.e. two pairs of enantiomers, whereas that of (−)-epi-inosose contains two pairs of the two symmetry-independent molecules of the asymmetric unit.
The presence of five hydroxy groups and a carbonyl group results in extensive hydrogen-bonding interactions in the crystal. In the crystals of (II), each enantiomer forms a homochiral hydrogen-bonded chain along the c axis through O6—H6⋯O4v, with adjacent heterochiral molecular chains along the a axis linked by short and linear O3—H3⋯O2ii, O4—H4⋯O6iii, O5—H5⋯O3iv and C3—H8⋯O4vii interactions (Fig. 3a, symmetry codes and geometric parameters in Table 1). In the case of (I), each of the two molecules in the forms a similar O6—H5⋯O4viii hydrogen-bonded chain along the b axis. Interestingly, the carbonyl O atom (O7) of only one of the molecules of (I) (molecule B) is involved in O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding [O9—H12⋯O7xi; symmetry codes for (I) as in Fig. 3b], because of the conformational differences in the hydroxy groups of the two molecules in the The adjacent molecular chains along the a axis are linked by a large number of hydrogen-bonding interactions (Fig. 3b).
A view of these molecular chains down the c axis in (II) and b axis in (I) shows a corrugated-sheet-like assembly (Fig. 4). Adjacent sheets are linked by bifurcated hydrogen-bonding interactions involving carbonyl atom O1 (O2—H2⋯O1i and C2—H7⋯O1vi) and O2—H2⋯O6i and C6—H11⋯O2vi contacts in the racemic crystal (Fig. 4a and Table 1). In the crystals of the optically active form, neighbouring sheets are linked by O2—H1⋯O9xv, O3—H2⋯O10xv, O10—H13⋯O11xvi, O11—H14⋯O6xiv, C2—H6⋯O1xiii and C6—H10⋯O2xiii contacts (Fig. 4b). Thus, the overall molecular organization in the crystals of the racemic and enantiopure compound is remarkably similar. This is primarily due to the fact that the second molecule in the of (I) plays the role of the second enantiomer in the crystal packing. While the thermodynamic stability of the two crystals cannot be experimentally evaluated owing to the absence of adequate thermal data, estimation of lattice energies for (I) and (II) using the Oprop module of the OPiX program suite (Gavezzotti, 2003) yielded a value of −204.75 kJ mol−1 for (I) and −253.5 kJ mol−1 for (II), consistent with the crystal densities.
Experimental
Racemic epi-inosose, (II), was synthesized as reported previously (Patil et al., 2011). Prism-shaped crystals (m.p. 492–495 K) were obtained by slow evaporation from a solution in hot water.
Crystal data
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Refinement
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All inositol ring H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions, with C—H = 0.98 Å. They were constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). The O-bound H atoms were located in difference Fourier maps and refined isotropically. The refined O—H distances were in the range 0.79 (3)–0.91 (3) Å. Although (I) is racemic, it crystallizes in a noncentrosymmetric In the absence of strong anomalously scattering elements in the structure, the was chosen arbitrarily and the Friedel pairs were merged prior to structure refinement.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2003); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2003); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
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contains datablocks II, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock II. DOI: 10.1107/S0108270111039412/sf3158IIsup2.hkl
Racemic epi-inosose, (II), was synthesized as reported previously (Patil et al., 2011). Prism-shaped crystals (m.p. 492–495 K) were obtained by slow evaporation from a solution in hot water.
All inositol ring H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions with C—H = 0.98 Å. They were constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). The O-bound H atoms were located in difference Fourier maps and refined isotropically. The refined O—H distances were in the range 0.79 (2)–0.92 (2) Å. The data were merged using MERG3 in SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), according to the standard procedure for X-ray Mo Kα measurements of chemical compounds without heavy atoms.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2003); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2003); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2003); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of racemic epi-inosose, (II) [the (2R,3S,5S,6S)-enantiomer], showing the atom-labelling scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level and H atoms are shown as small spheres of arbitrary radii. | |
Fig. 2. The overlap of the molecules in the crystals of (-)-epi-inosose, (I), and racemic epi-inosose, (II), showing the difference in orientation of the hydroxy groups. In (a), one of the two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of (I) (blue in the electronic version of the paper) and the corresponding enantiomer in (II) (red) is shown, while in (b) the second independent molecule in the asymmetric unit of (I) (green) and the corresponding enantiomer in (II) (red) is shown. | |
Fig. 3. Molecular chains linked through hydrogen-bonding interactions (dotted lines) in the crystal structures of (a) (II) and (b) (I). The different colours represent the enantiomers of (II) in (a) (green and yellow) and the independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of (I) in (b) (green and blue). Grey molecules are present in the asymmetric unit. H atoms not involved in hydrogen bonding have been omitted. [Symmetry codes: (i) -x, -y, z-1/2; (ii) x-1/2, -y, z; (iii) -x+1/2, y, z+1/2; (iv) x+1/2, -y, z; (v) -x+1/2, y, z-1/2; (vi) -x+2, y-1/2, -z; (vii) -x+2, y+1/2, -z; (viii) -x+1, y+1/2, -z; (ix) -x+1, y-1/2, -z; (x) x, y-1, z.] | |
Fig. 4. A view of the molecular packing down (a) the c axis in crystals of (II) and (b) the b axis in crystals of (I). Dotted lines represent hydrogen-bonding interactions, some of which (shown in Fig. 3) have been omitted for clarity. [Symmetry codes: (xi) -x, -y+1, z+1/2; (xii) x+1/2, -y+1, z; (xiii) x+2, y+1/2, -z+1; (xiv) -x+2, y-1/2, -z+1; (xv) -x+1, y+1/2, -z+1; (xvi) -x+1, y-1/2, -z+1.] |
C6H10O6 | F(000) = 376 |
Mr = 178.14 | Dx = 1.725 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2c -2ac | Cell parameters from 2280 reflections |
a = 11.1825 (18) Å | θ = 2.9–27.8° |
b = 6.9752 (12) Å | µ = 0.16 mm−1 |
c = 8.7930 (15) Å | T = 297 K |
V = 685.9 (2) Å3 | Prism, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.29 × 0.29 × 0.17 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 653 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 647 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.016 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.9° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | h = −10→13 |
Tmin = 0.956, Tmax = 0.974 | k = −8→8 |
3225 measured reflections | l = −10→10 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.068 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.15 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0491P)2 + 0.0637P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
653 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.002 |
129 parameters | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
C6H10O6 | V = 685.9 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 178.14 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pca21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.1825 (18) Å | µ = 0.16 mm−1 |
b = 6.9752 (12) Å | T = 297 K |
c = 8.7930 (15) Å | 0.29 × 0.29 × 0.17 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 653 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) | 647 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.956, Tmax = 0.974 | Rint = 0.016 |
3225 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.026 | 1 restraint |
wR(F2) = 0.068 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.15 | Δρmax = 0.25 e Å−3 |
653 reflections | Δρmin = −0.13 e Å−3 |
129 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 | −0.03349 (15) | 0.3927 (3) | −0.0752 (2) | 0.0405 (5) | |
O2 | 0.19141 (13) | 0.4974 (2) | −0.03356 (19) | 0.0276 (4) | |
O3 | 0.31840 (13) | 0.2909 (2) | 0.1949 (2) | 0.0285 (4) | |
O4 | 0.19401 (13) | −0.0091 (2) | 0.3489 (2) | 0.0262 (4) | |
O5 | 0.01515 (14) | −0.0554 (2) | 0.1209 (2) | 0.0286 (4) | |
O6 | −0.17930 (12) | 0.2105 (2) | 0.1184 (2) | 0.0260 (4) | |
C1 | 0.00672 (18) | 0.3622 (3) | 0.0495 (3) | 0.0226 (5) | |
C2 | 0.13256 (17) | 0.4188 (3) | 0.0947 (2) | 0.0222 (5) | |
H7 | 0.1287 | 0.5159 | 0.1752 | 0.027* | |
C3 | 0.19932 (18) | 0.2409 (3) | 0.1551 (3) | 0.0222 (5) | |
H8 | 0.2032 | 0.1469 | 0.0725 | 0.027* | |
C4 | 0.13021 (18) | 0.1496 (3) | 0.2869 (2) | 0.0215 (4) | |
H9 | 0.1212 | 0.2461 | 0.3670 | 0.026* | |
C5 | 0.0049 (2) | 0.0883 (3) | 0.2355 (2) | 0.0217 (5) | |
H10 | −0.0385 | 0.0353 | 0.3227 | 0.026* | |
C6 | −0.06406 (18) | 0.2616 (3) | 0.1732 (3) | 0.0227 (4) | |
H11 | −0.0750 | 0.3526 | 0.2570 | 0.027* | |
H6 | −0.166 (3) | 0.147 (4) | 0.046 (4) | 0.040 (9)* | |
H5 | −0.044 (3) | −0.142 (4) | 0.139 (3) | 0.031 (7)* | |
H2 | 0.246 (4) | 0.573 (4) | 0.000 (5) | 0.058 (9)* | |
H4 | 0.215 (3) | −0.081 (4) | 0.286 (4) | 0.040 (9)* | |
H3 | 0.316 (3) | 0.365 (4) | 0.275 (5) | 0.061 (11)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0343 (8) | 0.0523 (10) | 0.0348 (10) | −0.0097 (7) | −0.0117 (8) | 0.0174 (10) |
O2 | 0.0275 (8) | 0.0312 (8) | 0.0241 (8) | −0.0091 (6) | −0.0006 (6) | 0.0040 (7) |
O3 | 0.0182 (7) | 0.0361 (9) | 0.0311 (9) | 0.0002 (6) | −0.0011 (7) | −0.0015 (8) |
O4 | 0.0284 (8) | 0.0282 (8) | 0.0221 (8) | 0.0059 (6) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0037 (8) |
O5 | 0.0314 (8) | 0.0255 (8) | 0.0290 (9) | −0.0023 (7) | −0.0005 (8) | −0.0047 (7) |
O6 | 0.0187 (8) | 0.0320 (8) | 0.0273 (9) | −0.0007 (6) | −0.0010 (7) | −0.0028 (8) |
C1 | 0.0239 (10) | 0.0206 (9) | 0.0234 (11) | 0.0027 (7) | −0.0029 (9) | 0.0023 (9) |
C2 | 0.0246 (10) | 0.0227 (10) | 0.0193 (10) | −0.0021 (7) | −0.0003 (8) | −0.0007 (8) |
C3 | 0.0188 (8) | 0.0263 (10) | 0.0215 (12) | −0.0004 (8) | −0.0008 (8) | −0.0030 (8) |
C4 | 0.0234 (10) | 0.0242 (9) | 0.0169 (10) | 0.0035 (8) | 0.0006 (8) | −0.0001 (9) |
C5 | 0.0227 (10) | 0.0248 (10) | 0.0175 (11) | −0.0005 (8) | 0.0024 (8) | 0.0006 (8) |
C6 | 0.0196 (9) | 0.0258 (9) | 0.0225 (11) | −0.0016 (8) | −0.0010 (8) | −0.0017 (9) |
O1—C1 | 1.204 (3) | C1—C2 | 1.515 (3) |
O2—C2 | 1.416 (3) | C1—C6 | 1.517 (3) |
O2—H2 | 0.85 (4) | C2—C3 | 1.543 (3) |
O3—C3 | 1.420 (2) | C2—H7 | 0.9800 |
O3—H3 | 0.87 (4) | C3—C4 | 1.531 (3) |
O4—C4 | 1.425 (2) | C3—H8 | 0.9800 |
O4—H4 | 0.78 (4) | C4—C5 | 1.533 (3) |
O5—C5 | 1.426 (3) | C4—H9 | 0.9800 |
O5—H5 | 0.91 (3) | C5—C6 | 1.535 (3) |
O6—C6 | 1.421 (3) | C5—H10 | 0.9800 |
O6—H6 | 0.79 (3) | C6—H11 | 0.9800 |
C2—O2—H2 | 107 (3) | C2—C3—H8 | 107.8 |
C3—O3—H3 | 108 (2) | O4—C4—C5 | 110.74 (16) |
C4—O4—H4 | 112 (2) | O4—C4—C3 | 111.10 (17) |
C5—O5—H5 | 106.4 (17) | C5—C4—C3 | 110.75 (17) |
C6—O6—H6 | 104 (2) | O4—C4—H9 | 108.0 |
O1—C1—C2 | 122.7 (2) | C5—C4—H9 | 108.0 |
O1—C1—C6 | 122.65 (19) | C3—C4—H9 | 108.0 |
C2—C1—C6 | 114.65 (18) | O5—C5—C4 | 109.33 (16) |
O2—C2—C1 | 108.87 (17) | O5—C5—C6 | 109.98 (18) |
O2—C2—C3 | 111.13 (16) | C4—C5—C6 | 110.20 (16) |
C1—C2—C3 | 109.29 (16) | O5—C5—H10 | 109.1 |
O2—C2—H7 | 109.2 | C4—C5—H10 | 109.1 |
C1—C2—H7 | 109.2 | C6—C5—H10 | 109.1 |
C3—C2—H7 | 109.2 | O6—C6—C1 | 110.24 (18) |
O3—C3—C4 | 112.90 (19) | O6—C6—C5 | 112.30 (17) |
O3—C3—C2 | 109.93 (18) | C1—C6—C5 | 110.97 (16) |
C4—C3—C2 | 110.54 (16) | O6—C6—H11 | 107.7 |
O3—C3—H8 | 107.8 | C1—C6—H11 | 107.7 |
C4—C3—H8 | 107.8 | C5—C6—H11 | 107.7 |
O1—C1—C2—O2 | −3.6 (3) | O4—C4—C5—O5 | −60.6 (2) |
C6—C1—C2—O2 | 175.53 (16) | C3—C4—C5—O5 | 63.1 (2) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −125.2 (2) | O4—C4—C5—C6 | 178.37 (18) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 54.0 (2) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | −57.9 (2) |
O2—C2—C3—O3 | 58.6 (2) | O1—C1—C6—O6 | 0.6 (3) |
C1—C2—C3—O3 | 178.73 (18) | C2—C1—C6—O6 | −178.56 (16) |
O2—C2—C3—C4 | −176.14 (16) | O1—C1—C6—C5 | 125.7 (2) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −56.0 (2) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | −53.5 (2) |
O3—C3—C4—O4 | −53.4 (2) | O5—C5—C6—O6 | 57.1 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—O4 | −176.96 (16) | C4—C5—C6—O6 | 177.66 (18) |
O3—C3—C4—C5 | −176.85 (17) | O5—C5—C6—C1 | −66.8 (2) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 59.5 (2) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | 53.8 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2···O1i | 0.85 (4) | 2.57 (4) | 3.191 (2) | 131 (3) |
O2—H2···O6i | 0.85 (4) | 2.02 (4) | 2.833 (2) | 159 (4) |
O3—H3···O2ii | 0.87 (4) | 1.93 (4) | 2.791 (3) | 172 (4) |
O4—H4···O6iii | 0.78 (4) | 2.10 (4) | 2.844 (2) | 161 (3) |
O5—H5···O3iv | 0.91 (3) | 1.92 (3) | 2.822 (2) | 171 (2) |
O6—H6···O4v | 0.79 (3) | 2.01 (4) | 2.760 (2) | 160 (3) |
C2—H7···O1vi | 0.98 | 2.52 | 3.374 (3) | 145 |
C3—H8···O4vii | 0.98 | 2.52 | 3.422 (3) | 152 |
C6—H11···O2vi | 0.98 | 2.49 | 3.392 (3) | 154 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+1, z; (ii) −x+1/2, y, z+1/2; (iii) x+1/2, −y, z; (iv) x−1/2, −y, z; (v) −x, −y, z−1/2; (vi) −x, −y+1, z+1/2; (vii) −x+1/2, y, z−1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C6H10O6 |
Mr | 178.14 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pca21 |
Temperature (K) | 297 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.1825 (18), 6.9752 (12), 8.7930 (15) |
V (Å3) | 685.9 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.16 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.29 × 0.17 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2003) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.956, 0.974 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3225, 653, 647 |
Rint | 0.016 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.026, 0.068, 1.15 |
No. of reflections | 653 |
No. of parameters | 129 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.25, −0.13 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2003), SAINT (Bruker, 2003), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O2—H2···O1i | 0.85 (4) | 2.57 (4) | 3.191 (2) | 131 (3) |
O2—H2···O6i | 0.85 (4) | 2.02 (4) | 2.833 (2) | 159 (4) |
O3—H3···O2ii | 0.87 (4) | 1.93 (4) | 2.791 (3) | 172 (4) |
O4—H4···O6iii | 0.78 (4) | 2.10 (4) | 2.844 (2) | 161 (3) |
O5—H5···O3iv | 0.91 (3) | 1.92 (3) | 2.822 (2) | 171 (2) |
O6—H6···O4v | 0.79 (3) | 2.01 (4) | 2.760 (2) | 160 (3) |
C2—H7···O1vi | 0.98 | 2.52 | 3.374 (3) | 145.3 |
C3—H8···O4vii | 0.98 | 2.52 | 3.422 (3) | 152.4 |
C6—H11···O2vi | 0.98 | 2.49 | 3.392 (3) | 153.5 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+1, z; (ii) −x+1/2, y, z+1/2; (iii) x+1/2, −y, z; (iv) x−1/2, −y, z; (v) −x, −y, z−1/2; (vi) −x, −y+1, z+1/2; (vii) −x+1/2, y, z−1/2. |
Acknowledgements
SK and MTP are recipients of Senior Research Fellowships from CSIR, New Delhi, India. This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
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epi-Inositol is known to affect regulation of the myo-inositol biosynthetic pathway (Shaldubina et al., 2002) and has been evaluated as a potential antidepressant drug that could interact with the Li+ ion and myo-inositol receptors in the brain (Einat et al., 1998; Belmaker et al., 1998; Williams et al., 2002). We have earlier reported the synthesis of epi-inositol by the reduction of racemic epi-inosose (Patil et al., 2011).
A Cambridge Structural Database (CSD, version 5.31; Allen, 2002) search yielded the structure of the optically active (-)-epi-inosose (CSD refcode: XEGVUA) prepared enantioselectively by a bioconversion from myo-inositol (Hosomi et al., 2000). We were thus presented with an opportunity for the comparison of the molecular assembly in the crystals of these homochiral, (I), and racemic, (II), inososes. Single-crystal X-ray intensity measurements for crystals of (II) were recorded at ambient temperature (297 K) as reported for (I). Crystals of the racemic ketone are orthorhombic, belonging to the space group Pca21 (Fig. 1), while the homochiral ketone crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric space group P21, with two independent molecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The atom numbering for the racemic form is consistent with that reported for the optically active compound to enable easier comparison of the crystal structures.
The overlap of molecules in the asymmetric unit of (I) and the corresponding enantiomer in (II) reveals orientational differences in the hydroxy hydrogen atoms at C3 and C4 (Fig. 2). The conformation of the C3 hydroxy hydrogen of (II) (red, Fig. 2b) matches that of molecule B (green, Fig. 2b) in the asymmetric unit of crystals of (II), whereas the conformation of the C4 hydroxy group (red, Fig. 2a) matches that of molecule A (blue, Fig. 2a). There is a close correspondence in the unit-cell parameters of the two structures: the a axes lengths are nearly the same and interchange of the b and c axes of the orthorhombic racemic form results in edge lengths that are nearly identical to those of the homochiral crystal lattice [a = 11.197 (2), b = 8.932 (2), c = 6.976 (2) Å, β = 90.21 (2)° for (I)]. In accordance with Wallach's rule (Wallach, 1895; Brock et al., 1991), the racemic crystal is 1.7% denser than the enantiomer crystal, and its melting point is 492–495 K. The melting point of the crystals of (I) is not available for comparison. The unit cell of racemic epi-inosose consists of four molecules, i.e. two pairs of enantiomers, whereas that of (-)-epi-inosose contains two pairs of the two symmetry-independent molecules of the asymmetric unit. The presence of five hydroxy groups and a ketone carbonyl results in extensive hydrogen-bonding interactions in the crystal.
In the crystals of (II), each enantiomer forms a homochiral O6—H6···O4 hydrogen-bonded chain along the c axis with adjacent heterochiral molecular chains along the a axis linked by short and linear O3—H3···O2, O4—H4···O6, O5—H5···O3 and C3—H8···O4 interactions (Fig. 3a, Table 1). In the case of (I), each of the two molecules in the asymmetric unit forms a similar O6—H5···O4 hydrogen-bonded chain along the b axis. Interestingly, the ketone carbonyl oxygen (O7) of only one of the molecules (molecule B) is involved in O—H···O hydrogen bonding (O9—H12···O7), because of the conformational differences in the hydroxy groups of the two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The adjacent molecular chains along the a axis are linked by a large number of hydrogen-bonding interactions (Fig. 3b).
A view of these molecular chains down the c axis in (II) and b axis in (I) shows a corrugated sheet-like assembly (Fig. 4). Adjacent sheets are linked by bifurcated hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the ketone carbonyl oxygen O1 (O2—H2···O1 and C2—H7···O1) and O2—H2···O6 and C6—H11···O2 contacts in the racemic crystal (Fig. 4a, Table 1). In the crystals of the optically active form, the neighbouring sheets are linked by O2—H1···O9, O3—H2···O10, O10—H13···O11, O11—H14···O6, C2—H6···O1 and C6—H10···O2 contacts (Fig. 4b). Thus, the overall molecular organization in the crystals of the racemic and enantiopure compound is remarkably similar. This is primarily due to the fact that the second molecule in the asymmetric unit of (I) plays the role of the second enantiomer in the crystal packing. While the thermodynamic stability of the two crystals cannot be experimentally evaluated owing to the absence of adequate thermal data, estimation of lattice energies for (I) and (II) using the Oprop module of the OPiX program suite (Gavezzotti, 2003) yielded values of -204.75 (I) and -253.5 (II) kJ mol-1, consistent with the crystal densities.