organic compounds
(1R,2R,3S,6aS,7R,8R,9S,12aS)-1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexahydroxyperhydrodipyrido[1,2-a:1′,2′-d]pyrazine-6,12-dione
aDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, England, bSummit PLC, 91 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RY, England, and cDepartment of Chemical Crystallography, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
*Correspondence e-mail: sarah.jenkinson@chem.ox.ac.uk
The 12H18N2O8, exists as O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonded layers of molecules running parallel to the ab plane. Each molecule is a donor and acceptor for six hydrogen bonds. The absolute stereochemistry was determined by the use of D-glucuronolactone as the starting material.
of the title compound, CRelated literature
For the isolation and biological activity of pipecolic acids, see: Manning et al. (1985); di Bello et al. (1984). For the synthesis of pipecolic acids, see: Bashyal et al. (1986); Bashyal, Chow & Fleet (1987); Bashyal, Chow, Fellows & Fleet (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001); cell DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO/SCALEPACK; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003); molecular graphics: CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CRYSTALS.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536810009165/lh5005sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810009165/lh5005Isup2.hkl
The title compound was recrystallised by diffusion from a mixture of water and acetonitrile: m.p. 511 K decomposed; [α]D20 + 29.7 (c, 0.35 in H2O).
In the absence of significant
Friedel pairs were merged and the was assigned from the starting material.The H atoms were all located in a difference map, but those attached to carbon atoms were repositioned geometrically. The H atoms were initially refined with soft restraints on the bond lengths and angles to regularize their geometry (C—H in the range 0.93–0.98, N—H in the range 0.86–0.89 N—H to 0.86 O—H = 0.82 Å) and Uiso(H) (in the range 1.2–1.5 times Ueq of the parent atom), after which the positions were refined with riding constraints.
One outlying reflection was omitted from the
as it was thought to be partially occluded by the beam stop.Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001); cell
DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003); molecular graphics: CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003).Fig. 1. Synthetic Scheme. | |
Fig. 2. The title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. H atoms are shown as spheres of arbitary radius. | |
Fig. 3. Packing diagram for the title compound projected along the a-axis. Hydrogen bonds are shown by dotted lines. | |
Fig. 4. Packing diagram for the title compound projected along the b axis. Hydrogen bonds are shown by dotted lines. |
C12H18N2O8 | F(000) = 672 |
Mr = 318.28 | Dx = 1.683 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 1646 reflections |
a = 7.8711 (2) Å | θ = 5–27° |
b = 8.1526 (2) Å | µ = 0.14 mm−1 |
c = 19.5783 (5) Å | T = 150 K |
V = 1256.34 (5) Å3 | Plate, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.40 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 1348 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.061 |
ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 5.1° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | h = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.85, Tmax = 0.99 | k = −10→10 |
12748 measured reflections | l = −25→25 |
1663 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.101 | Method = Modified Sheldrick w = 1/[σ2(F2) + (0.06P)2 + 0.76P], where P = [max(Fo2,0) + 2Fc2]/3 |
S = 0.93 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.000342 |
1662 reflections | Δρmax = 0.35 e Å−3 |
199 parameters | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C12H18N2O8 | V = 1256.34 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 318.28 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.8711 (2) Å | µ = 0.14 mm−1 |
b = 8.1526 (2) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 19.5783 (5) Å | 0.40 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer | 1663 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 1348 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.85, Tmax = 0.99 | Rint = 0.061 |
12748 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.101 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.93 | Δρmax = 0.35 e Å−3 |
1662 reflections | Δρmin = −0.43 e Å−3 |
199 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.4593 (3) | 0.7922 (2) | 0.34949 (10) | 0.0245 | |
C2 | 0.5380 (4) | 0.6635 (3) | 0.34006 (13) | 0.0181 | |
N3 | 0.6870 (3) | 0.6583 (3) | 0.30476 (12) | 0.0186 | |
C4 | 0.8001 (3) | 0.5165 (3) | 0.30769 (13) | 0.0178 | |
C5 | 0.9227 (3) | 0.5430 (3) | 0.36900 (14) | 0.0187 | |
O6 | 1.0531 (3) | 0.4227 (2) | 0.36945 (10) | 0.0233 | |
C7 | 1.0081 (4) | 0.7115 (3) | 0.36672 (14) | 0.0191 | |
O8 | 1.0852 (2) | 0.7438 (2) | 0.43187 (9) | 0.0238 | |
C9 | 0.8851 (4) | 0.8502 (3) | 0.35308 (14) | 0.0196 | |
C10 | 0.7767 (4) | 0.8115 (4) | 0.29066 (15) | 0.0202 | |
O11 | 0.9812 (3) | 0.9966 (2) | 0.34507 (10) | 0.0247 | |
C12 | 0.7057 (4) | 0.3552 (3) | 0.31154 (14) | 0.0192 | |
O13 | 0.7761 (3) | 0.2272 (2) | 0.29231 (10) | 0.0234 | |
N14 | 0.5463 (3) | 0.3566 (3) | 0.33597 (12) | 0.0186 | |
C15 | 0.4689 (3) | 0.5025 (3) | 0.36625 (13) | 0.0188 | |
C16 | 0.4834 (3) | 0.4874 (3) | 0.44528 (13) | 0.0187 | |
O17 | 0.3887 (3) | 0.6143 (2) | 0.47677 (10) | 0.0240 | |
C18 | 0.4098 (4) | 0.3245 (3) | 0.46900 (13) | 0.0203 | |
O19 | 0.4442 (3) | 0.3016 (3) | 0.54059 (9) | 0.0269 | |
C20 | 0.4757 (4) | 0.1754 (3) | 0.43053 (13) | 0.0201 | |
C21 | 0.4581 (4) | 0.2045 (3) | 0.35390 (13) | 0.0199 | |
O22 | 0.3776 (3) | 0.0390 (2) | 0.45221 (10) | 0.0310 | |
H41 | 0.8655 | 0.5150 | 0.2656 | 0.0187* | |
H51 | 0.8535 | 0.5336 | 0.4109 | 0.0227* | |
H71 | 1.0974 | 0.7116 | 0.3316 | 0.0230* | |
H91 | 0.8058 | 0.8605 | 0.3927 | 0.0225* | |
H102 | 0.8459 | 0.7964 | 0.2509 | 0.0230* | |
H101 | 0.6975 | 0.8990 | 0.2835 | 0.0223* | |
H151 | 0.3443 | 0.5003 | 0.3557 | 0.0220* | |
H161 | 0.6054 | 0.4942 | 0.4588 | 0.0216* | |
H181 | 0.2825 | 0.3283 | 0.4634 | 0.0238* | |
H201 | 0.5996 | 0.1598 | 0.4417 | 0.0244* | |
H212 | 0.5077 | 0.1118 | 0.3286 | 0.0232* | |
H211 | 0.3349 | 0.2163 | 0.3433 | 0.0228* | |
H81 | 1.1809 | 0.7027 | 0.4365 | 0.0340* | |
H221 | 0.3488 | −0.0299 | 0.4231 | 0.0459* | |
H191 | 0.4842 | 0.3832 | 0.5589 | 0.0407* | |
H111 | 0.9114 | 1.0645 | 0.3311 | 0.0377* | |
H171 | 0.4338 | 0.6804 | 0.5013 | 0.0351* | |
H61 | 1.0660 | 0.3593 | 0.4021 | 0.0354* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0253 (11) | 0.0201 (10) | 0.0280 (11) | 0.0043 (9) | 0.0024 (9) | −0.0012 (8) |
C2 | 0.0189 (14) | 0.0226 (14) | 0.0128 (13) | 0.0006 (13) | −0.0029 (11) | −0.0002 (10) |
N3 | 0.0185 (12) | 0.0171 (11) | 0.0203 (13) | 0.0000 (10) | 0.0012 (10) | 0.0030 (9) |
C4 | 0.0153 (12) | 0.0194 (13) | 0.0186 (13) | 0.0024 (12) | 0.0012 (10) | 0.0011 (11) |
C5 | 0.0174 (13) | 0.0198 (13) | 0.0188 (13) | 0.0017 (11) | 0.0017 (11) | 0.0014 (10) |
O6 | 0.0206 (10) | 0.0224 (10) | 0.0270 (10) | 0.0069 (9) | −0.0006 (9) | 0.0050 (9) |
C7 | 0.0193 (14) | 0.0209 (13) | 0.0170 (13) | 0.0003 (11) | 0.0006 (11) | −0.0014 (11) |
O8 | 0.0191 (10) | 0.0316 (11) | 0.0208 (10) | 0.0048 (9) | −0.0041 (8) | −0.0056 (8) |
C9 | 0.0191 (14) | 0.0192 (14) | 0.0205 (14) | −0.0001 (12) | 0.0020 (11) | −0.0008 (10) |
C10 | 0.0200 (15) | 0.0205 (13) | 0.0203 (15) | 0.0011 (12) | −0.0010 (11) | 0.0004 (11) |
O11 | 0.0265 (10) | 0.0169 (10) | 0.0307 (10) | 0.0000 (10) | −0.0056 (8) | 0.0012 (8) |
C12 | 0.0212 (14) | 0.0235 (15) | 0.0129 (14) | 0.0016 (12) | −0.0019 (11) | 0.0007 (11) |
O13 | 0.0274 (12) | 0.0206 (10) | 0.0223 (11) | 0.0049 (9) | 0.0016 (9) | −0.0027 (8) |
N14 | 0.0182 (12) | 0.0180 (12) | 0.0197 (12) | −0.0009 (11) | 0.0002 (10) | −0.0004 (9) |
C15 | 0.0168 (12) | 0.0208 (14) | 0.0186 (12) | 0.0026 (13) | 0.0021 (10) | −0.0015 (12) |
C16 | 0.0151 (12) | 0.0214 (14) | 0.0197 (12) | 0.0014 (12) | 0.0006 (10) | −0.0017 (11) |
O17 | 0.0259 (11) | 0.0240 (10) | 0.0220 (10) | 0.0037 (9) | 0.0005 (9) | −0.0075 (8) |
C18 | 0.0182 (14) | 0.0270 (14) | 0.0158 (14) | 0.0028 (12) | −0.0007 (11) | 0.0015 (11) |
O19 | 0.0392 (12) | 0.0261 (10) | 0.0153 (9) | 0.0003 (10) | −0.0045 (9) | 0.0013 (8) |
C20 | 0.0200 (13) | 0.0183 (13) | 0.0220 (14) | −0.0013 (12) | 0.0010 (11) | 0.0007 (11) |
C21 | 0.0195 (14) | 0.0200 (14) | 0.0201 (14) | −0.0034 (12) | 0.0015 (12) | −0.0005 (11) |
O22 | 0.0468 (13) | 0.0227 (11) | 0.0235 (10) | −0.0087 (10) | 0.0064 (10) | −0.0005 (8) |
O1—C2 | 1.232 (3) | O11—H111 | 0.826 |
C2—N3 | 1.362 (4) | C12—O13 | 1.240 (3) |
C2—C15 | 1.510 (4) | C12—N14 | 1.343 (4) |
N3—C4 | 1.461 (3) | N14—C15 | 1.462 (3) |
N3—C10 | 1.461 (4) | N14—C21 | 1.464 (3) |
C4—C5 | 1.555 (4) | C15—C16 | 1.556 (3) |
C4—C12 | 1.513 (4) | C15—H151 | 1.002 |
C4—H41 | 0.972 | C16—O17 | 1.416 (3) |
C5—O6 | 1.420 (3) | C16—C18 | 1.521 (4) |
C5—C7 | 1.530 (4) | C16—H161 | 0.998 |
C5—H51 | 0.988 | O17—H171 | 0.804 |
O6—H61 | 0.829 | C18—O19 | 1.440 (3) |
C7—O8 | 1.437 (3) | C18—C20 | 1.521 (4) |
C7—C9 | 1.513 (4) | C18—H181 | 1.008 |
C7—H71 | 0.983 | O19—H191 | 0.819 |
O8—H81 | 0.830 | C20—C21 | 1.525 (4) |
C9—C10 | 1.523 (4) | C20—O22 | 1.419 (3) |
C9—O11 | 1.422 (3) | C20—H201 | 1.008 |
C9—H91 | 1.000 | C21—H212 | 0.984 |
C10—H102 | 0.958 | C21—H211 | 0.996 |
C10—H101 | 0.957 | O22—H221 | 0.832 |
O1—C2—N3 | 122.3 (3) | C4—C12—O13 | 119.8 (3) |
O1—C2—C15 | 120.5 (2) | C4—C12—N14 | 118.0 (2) |
N3—C2—C15 | 117.1 (2) | O13—C12—N14 | 122.2 (3) |
C2—N3—C4 | 122.0 (2) | C12—N14—C15 | 122.7 (2) |
C2—N3—C10 | 119.1 (2) | C12—N14—C21 | 121.4 (2) |
C4—N3—C10 | 112.9 (2) | C15—N14—C21 | 113.2 (2) |
N3—C4—C5 | 107.4 (2) | C2—C15—N14 | 114.8 (2) |
N3—C4—C12 | 113.0 (2) | C2—C15—C16 | 112.3 (2) |
C5—C4—C12 | 112.8 (2) | N14—C15—C16 | 108.0 (2) |
N3—C4—H41 | 107.4 | C2—C15—H151 | 107.3 |
C5—C4—H41 | 109.1 | N14—C15—H151 | 108.0 |
C12—C4—H41 | 106.9 | C16—C15—H151 | 105.9 |
C4—C5—O6 | 110.9 (2) | C15—C16—O17 | 109.7 (2) |
C4—C5—C7 | 112.0 (2) | C15—C16—C18 | 110.2 (2) |
O6—C5—C7 | 107.6 (2) | O17—C16—C18 | 107.7 (2) |
C4—C5—H51 | 106.8 | C15—C16—H161 | 109.3 |
O6—C5—H51 | 109.8 | O17—C16—H161 | 110.5 |
C7—C5—H51 | 109.7 | C18—C16—H161 | 109.5 |
C5—O6—H61 | 121.6 | C16—O17—H171 | 121.1 |
C5—C7—O8 | 108.9 (2) | C16—C18—O19 | 109.8 (2) |
C5—C7—C9 | 113.3 (2) | C16—C18—C20 | 114.6 (2) |
O8—C7—C9 | 106.9 (2) | O19—C18—C20 | 108.3 (2) |
C5—C7—H71 | 109.6 | C16—C18—H181 | 108.6 |
O8—C7—H71 | 108.6 | O19—C18—H181 | 107.2 |
C9—C7—H71 | 109.5 | C20—C18—H181 | 108.0 |
C7—O8—H81 | 114.0 | C18—O19—H191 | 113.2 |
C7—C9—C10 | 110.2 (2) | C18—C20—C21 | 109.4 (2) |
C7—C9—O11 | 107.8 (2) | C18—C20—O22 | 107.0 (2) |
C10—C9—O11 | 112.5 (2) | C21—C20—O22 | 111.5 (2) |
C7—C9—H91 | 109.0 | C18—C20—H201 | 108.8 |
C10—C9—H91 | 106.9 | C21—C20—H201 | 108.8 |
O11—C9—H91 | 110.3 | O22—C20—H201 | 111.2 |
C9—C10—N3 | 107.2 (2) | C20—C21—N14 | 108.9 (2) |
C9—C10—H102 | 111.1 | C20—C21—H212 | 109.8 |
N3—C10—H102 | 108.5 | N14—C21—H212 | 110.0 |
C9—C10—H101 | 109.1 | C20—C21—H211 | 107.9 |
N3—C10—H101 | 110.5 | N14—C21—H211 | 109.3 |
H102—C10—H101 | 110.3 | H212—C21—H211 | 110.9 |
C9—O11—H111 | 104.2 | C20—O22—H221 | 118.2 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C4—H41···O11i | 0.97 | 2.48 | 3.455 (4) | 176 |
C15—H151···O6ii | 1.00 | 2.39 | 3.337 (4) | 157 |
O8—H81···O17iii | 0.83 | 1.95 | 2.756 (4) | 162 |
O22—H221···O1iv | 0.83 | 2.22 | 2.917 (4) | 141 |
O19—H191···O11v | 0.82 | 2.12 | 2.793 (4) | 139 |
O11—H111···O13vi | 0.83 | 1.86 | 2.685 (4) | 173 |
O17—H171···O8v | 0.80 | 1.87 | 2.633 (4) | 157 |
O6—H61···O19vii | 0.83 | 1.97 | 2.680 (4) | 143 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+1/2; (ii) x−1, y, z; (iii) x+1, y, z; (iv) x, y−1, z; (v) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1; (vi) x, y+1, z; (vii) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C12H18N2O8 |
Mr | 318.28 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.8711 (2), 8.1526 (2), 19.5783 (5) |
V (Å3) | 1256.34 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.14 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.40 × 0.10 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.85, 0.99 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12748, 1663, 1348 |
Rint | 0.061 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.101, 0.93 |
No. of reflections | 1662 |
No. of parameters | 199 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.35, −0.43 |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2001), DENZO/SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994), CRYSTALS (Betteridge et al., 2003), CAMERON (Watkin et al., 1996).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O8—H81···O17i | 0.83 | 1.95 | 2.756 (4) | 162 |
O22—H221···O1ii | 0.83 | 2.22 | 2.917 (4) | 141 |
O19—H191···O11iii | 0.82 | 2.12 | 2.793 (4) | 139 |
O11—H111···O13iv | 0.83 | 1.86 | 2.685 (4) | 173 |
O17—H171···O8iii | 0.80 | 1.87 | 2.633 (4) | 157 |
O6—H61···O19v | 0.83 | 1.97 | 2.680 (4) | 143 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1, y, z; (ii) x, y−1, z; (iii) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1; (iv) x, y+1, z; (v) x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Chemical Crystallography department and ALT at the University of Oxford for use of the diffractometers.
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2S,3R,4R,5S-Trihydroxypipecolicacid (BR1) 2 (Fig.1), a sugar mimic of glucuronic acid, has been isolated from the seeds of Baphia racemosa (Manning et al., 1985) and shown to inhibit both glucuronidase and iduronidase activity (di Bello et al., 1984). In a modification of the original synthesis of BR1 from D-glucuronolactone (Bashyal et al., 1986, Bashyal, Chow & Fleet, 1987, Bashyal, Chow, Fellows & Fleet, 1987), reduction of the azide 1 afforded a low yield of 2 together with by-products. One of the components of the mixture was crystallized; the structure of this material was determined unequivocally by X-ray crystallographic analysis and shown to be the diketopiperazine 3 (Fig. 2). The absolute stereochemistry was determined by the use of D-glucuronolactone as the starting material. The structure consists of layers of hydrogen bonded molecules running parallel to the ab plane (Fig. 3, Fig. 4). Each molecule is a donor and acceptor for 6 hydrogen bonds. Only classical hydrogen bonding was considered.