organic compounds
6-Deoxy-3,4-O-isopropylidene-2-C-methyl-L-galactono-1,5-lactone
aDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, England, bSummit PLC, 91 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire 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
X-ray crystallography unequivocally confirmed the stereochemistry of the 2-C-methyl group in the title molecule, C10H16O5, in which the 1,5-lactone ring exists in a boat conformation. The absolute stereochemistry was determined by the use of D-ribose in the synthesis. The crystal exists as O—H⋯O hydrogen bonded chains of molecules running parallel to the a axis with each molecule acting as a donor and acceptor for one hydrogen bond.
Related literature
For branched iminosugars, see: Håkansson et al. (2007, 2008); Asano et al. (2000); da Cruz et al. (2011); Best et al. (2010) and for branched sugars, see: Booth et al. (2008, 2009); da Cruz et al. (2008); Hotchkiss et al. (2006, 2007); Jenkinson et al. (2007); Jones et al. (2007, 2008); Rao et al. (2008). For conformations of related 1,5-lactones, see: Baird et al. (1987); Booth et al. (2007a,b); Bruce et al. (1990); Punzo et al. (2005, 2006); Dai et al. (2010).
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/S1600536811034957/lh5321sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811034957/lh5321Isup2.hkl
The title compound was recrystallized by diffusion from a mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane: m.p. 369–371 K; [α]D25 -84.6 (c, 1.03 in CHCl3).
In the absence of significant
Friedel pairs were merged and the was assigned from the use of D-ribose as 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, O—H = 0.82 Å) and Uiso(H) (in the range 1.2–1.5 timesUeq of the parent atom), after which the positions were refined with riding constraints.
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).C10H16O5 | F(000) = 464 |
Mr = 216.23 | Dx = 1.305 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 1433 reflections |
a = 6.1132 (2) Å | θ = 5–27° |
b = 12.2963 (4) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
c = 14.6367 (5) Å | T = 150 K |
V = 1100.24 (6) Å3 | Plate, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.04 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1131 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.067 |
ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 5.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.95, Tmax = 1.00 | k = −15→15 |
8628 measured reflections | l = −18→19 |
1454 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)] = 0.038 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | Method = Modified Sheldrick w = 1/[σ2(F2) + (0.06P)2 + 0.14P], where P = [max(Fo2,0) + 2Fc2]/3 |
S = 0.89 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.000259 |
1454 reflections | Δρmax = 0.40 e Å−3 |
136 parameters | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C10H16O5 | V = 1100.24 (6) Å3 |
Mr = 216.23 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 6.1132 (2) Å | µ = 0.11 mm−1 |
b = 12.2963 (4) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 14.6367 (5) Å | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.04 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1454 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 1131 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.95, Tmax = 1.00 | Rint = 0.067 |
8628 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.038 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.090 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.89 | Δρmax = 0.40 e Å−3 |
1454 reflections | Δρmin = −0.29 e Å−3 |
136 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | −0.0165 (3) | 0.80556 (12) | 0.89995 (10) | 0.0290 | |
C2 | 0.1164 (4) | 0.75275 (16) | 0.85712 (12) | 0.0226 | |
O3 | 0.0426 (3) | 0.68163 (11) | 0.79561 (10) | 0.0287 | |
C4 | 0.1986 (4) | 0.60986 (16) | 0.74843 (14) | 0.0289 | |
C5 | 0.3861 (4) | 0.67578 (16) | 0.71001 (14) | 0.0271 | |
O6 | 0.3108 (3) | 0.73556 (12) | 0.63264 (9) | 0.0355 | |
C7 | 0.4068 (4) | 0.84132 (17) | 0.63637 (13) | 0.0292 | |
O8 | 0.4222 (3) | 0.86365 (10) | 0.73198 (9) | 0.0261 | |
C9 | 0.4744 (4) | 0.76299 (15) | 0.77626 (13) | 0.0240 | |
C10 | 0.3643 (4) | 0.76166 (16) | 0.86972 (13) | 0.0221 | |
O11 | 0.4337 (3) | 0.66259 (11) | 0.91228 (10) | 0.0301 | |
C12 | 0.4222 (4) | 0.86099 (16) | 0.92581 (13) | 0.0277 | |
C13 | 0.2506 (5) | 0.92177 (19) | 0.59465 (16) | 0.0401 | |
C14 | 0.6306 (5) | 0.8415 (2) | 0.59246 (16) | 0.0422 | |
C15 | 0.0664 (5) | 0.55020 (19) | 0.67809 (16) | 0.0402 | |
H41 | 0.2554 | 0.5572 | 0.7948 | 0.0338* | |
H51 | 0.5068 | 0.6260 | 0.6926 | 0.0337* | |
H91 | 0.6348 | 0.7543 | 0.7832 | 0.0290* | |
H121 | 0.5803 | 0.8627 | 0.9363 | 0.0432* | |
H122 | 0.3490 | 0.8570 | 0.9864 | 0.0426* | |
H123 | 0.3742 | 0.9272 | 0.8933 | 0.0431* | |
H131 | 0.3082 | 0.9961 | 0.6014 | 0.0583* | |
H132 | 0.2349 | 0.9048 | 0.5289 | 0.0582* | |
H133 | 0.1099 | 0.9171 | 0.6262 | 0.0586* | |
H141 | 0.6868 | 0.9161 | 0.5934 | 0.0627* | |
H142 | 0.7280 | 0.7929 | 0.6268 | 0.0622* | |
H143 | 0.6166 | 0.8179 | 0.5275 | 0.0623* | |
H153 | 0.1616 | 0.4999 | 0.6465 | 0.0610* | |
H152 | −0.0508 | 0.5092 | 0.7077 | 0.0613* | |
H151 | 0.0062 | 0.6022 | 0.6340 | 0.0612* | |
H111 | 0.4361 | 0.6716 | 0.9708 | 0.0460* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0284 (9) | 0.0329 (8) | 0.0257 (7) | 0.0061 (7) | 0.0025 (7) | 0.0035 (7) |
C2 | 0.0264 (11) | 0.0224 (10) | 0.0191 (8) | 0.0006 (10) | 0.0006 (9) | 0.0049 (9) |
O3 | 0.0263 (8) | 0.0302 (8) | 0.0295 (8) | −0.0029 (7) | 0.0011 (6) | −0.0051 (6) |
C4 | 0.0344 (13) | 0.0224 (10) | 0.0299 (11) | 0.0027 (9) | 0.0008 (10) | −0.0023 (9) |
C5 | 0.0315 (12) | 0.0276 (10) | 0.0222 (9) | 0.0034 (10) | 0.0012 (10) | −0.0035 (9) |
O6 | 0.0500 (11) | 0.0332 (8) | 0.0234 (7) | −0.0145 (8) | −0.0068 (7) | 0.0026 (7) |
C7 | 0.0354 (13) | 0.0305 (12) | 0.0216 (10) | −0.0092 (11) | −0.0011 (10) | −0.0005 (9) |
O8 | 0.0326 (8) | 0.0250 (7) | 0.0208 (7) | −0.0002 (7) | 0.0006 (6) | 0.0007 (6) |
C9 | 0.0220 (11) | 0.0253 (10) | 0.0248 (9) | 0.0032 (9) | 0.0000 (9) | −0.0009 (9) |
C10 | 0.0246 (11) | 0.0198 (10) | 0.0220 (9) | 0.0042 (9) | −0.0017 (9) | 0.0009 (8) |
O11 | 0.0405 (9) | 0.0267 (7) | 0.0233 (7) | 0.0089 (7) | −0.0047 (7) | 0.0023 (6) |
C12 | 0.0300 (12) | 0.0288 (11) | 0.0243 (10) | 0.0005 (10) | −0.0028 (10) | −0.0022 (9) |
C13 | 0.0453 (16) | 0.0394 (13) | 0.0355 (12) | −0.0026 (13) | −0.0080 (13) | 0.0110 (12) |
C14 | 0.0470 (16) | 0.0480 (14) | 0.0316 (11) | −0.0057 (14) | 0.0137 (12) | −0.0004 (12) |
C15 | 0.0509 (17) | 0.0330 (12) | 0.0368 (12) | −0.0104 (12) | −0.0011 (13) | −0.0088 (10) |
O1—C2 | 1.214 (2) | C9—H91 | 0.992 |
C2—O3 | 1.334 (2) | C10—O11 | 1.433 (2) |
C2—C10 | 1.530 (3) | C10—C12 | 1.514 (3) |
O3—C4 | 1.472 (3) | O11—H111 | 0.864 |
C4—C5 | 1.512 (3) | C12—H121 | 0.979 |
C4—C15 | 1.501 (3) | C12—H122 | 0.995 |
C4—H41 | 1.000 | C12—H123 | 0.987 |
C5—O6 | 1.426 (2) | C13—H131 | 0.985 |
C5—C9 | 1.543 (3) | C13—H132 | 0.989 |
C5—H51 | 0.992 | C13—H133 | 0.978 |
O6—C7 | 1.428 (3) | C14—H141 | 0.979 |
C7—O8 | 1.429 (2) | C14—H142 | 0.982 |
C7—C13 | 1.505 (3) | C14—H143 | 0.997 |
C7—C14 | 1.512 (3) | C15—H153 | 0.967 |
O8—C9 | 1.433 (2) | C15—H152 | 0.977 |
C9—C10 | 1.525 (3) | C15—H151 | 0.980 |
O1—C2—O3 | 118.2 (2) | C2—C10—O11 | 106.55 (17) |
O1—C2—C10 | 124.18 (18) | C9—C10—O11 | 105.58 (16) |
O3—C2—C10 | 117.60 (18) | C2—C10—C12 | 110.78 (18) |
C2—O3—C4 | 119.38 (17) | C9—C10—C12 | 112.01 (17) |
O3—C4—C5 | 110.13 (15) | O11—C10—C12 | 112.40 (15) |
O3—C4—C15 | 105.41 (19) | C10—O11—H111 | 109.1 |
C5—C4—C15 | 114.54 (18) | C10—C12—H121 | 109.5 |
O3—C4—H41 | 107.1 | C10—C12—H122 | 109.8 |
C5—C4—H41 | 109.7 | H121—C12—H122 | 107.8 |
C15—C4—H41 | 109.6 | C10—C12—H123 | 109.5 |
C4—C5—O6 | 109.09 (18) | H121—C12—H123 | 110.5 |
C4—C5—C9 | 113.83 (17) | H122—C12—H123 | 109.7 |
O6—C5—C9 | 104.69 (15) | C7—C13—H131 | 110.0 |
C4—C5—H51 | 109.2 | C7—C13—H132 | 108.5 |
O6—C5—H51 | 110.7 | H131—C13—H132 | 109.2 |
C9—C5—H51 | 109.3 | C7—C13—H133 | 109.2 |
C5—O6—C7 | 107.85 (16) | H131—C13—H133 | 108.7 |
O6—C7—O8 | 103.85 (15) | H132—C13—H133 | 111.2 |
O6—C7—C13 | 108.81 (18) | C7—C14—H141 | 108.2 |
O8—C7—C13 | 108.23 (18) | C7—C14—H142 | 109.3 |
O6—C7—C14 | 110.92 (18) | H141—C14—H142 | 110.5 |
O8—C7—C14 | 110.89 (19) | C7—C14—H143 | 109.1 |
C13—C7—C14 | 113.65 (18) | H141—C14—H143 | 108.4 |
C7—O8—C9 | 106.95 (14) | H142—C14—H143 | 111.3 |
C5—C9—O8 | 103.77 (15) | C4—C15—H153 | 108.4 |
C5—C9—C10 | 113.70 (17) | C4—C15—H152 | 110.1 |
O8—C9—C10 | 108.47 (15) | H153—C15—H152 | 108.9 |
C5—C9—H91 | 109.6 | C4—C15—H151 | 109.6 |
O8—C9—H91 | 111.1 | H153—C15—H151 | 109.1 |
C10—C9—H91 | 110.1 | H152—C15—H151 | 110.7 |
C2—C10—C9 | 109.25 (16) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C13—H131···O11i | 0.99 | 2.59 | 3.536 (3) | 161 |
O11—H111···O1ii | 0.86 | 1.93 | 2.793 (3) | 172 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, y+1/2, −z+3/2; (ii) x+1/2, −y+3/2, −z+2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C10H16O5 |
Mr | 216.23 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 6.1132 (2), 12.2963 (4), 14.6367 (5) |
V (Å3) | 1100.24 (6) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.04 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.95, 1.00 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 8628, 1454, 1131 |
Rint | 0.067 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.038, 0.090, 0.89 |
No. of reflections | 1454 |
No. of parameters | 136 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.40, −0.29 |
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 |
O11—H111···O1i | 0.86 | 1.93 | 2.793 (3) | 172 |
Symmetry code: (i) x+1/2, −y+3/2, −z+2. |
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2-C-Methyl branched sugars, as well as being chirons for the enantiospecific synthesis of complex targets (Hotchkiss et al., 2006; Hotchkiss et al., 2007; da Cruz et al., 2008; Booth et al., 2009) including 2'-C-methyl nucleosides (Jenkinson et al., 2007), are a class of rare sugars with chemotherapeutic potential (Rao et al., 2008; Jones et al., 2008; Booth et al., 2008). Branched iminosugars have also been shown to exhibit interesting biological activity. For example: 6-C-methyl-swainsonine is a more potent inhibitor of L-rhamnosidase than L-swainsonine (Håkansson et al., 2007; Håkansson et al., 2008; Asano et al., 2000); 4-C-methylDAB and 4-C-methylLAB are both potent and specific α-glucosidase inhibitors (da Cruz et al. 2011) and isoLAB has been shown to partially rescue the defective F508del-CFTR function and therefore may have a role in the study of cyctic fibrosis (Best et al., 2010).
D-ribose 1 was converted by a number of steps to the lactols 2 (Fig. 1). The reaction of 2 with sodium cyanide in water gave a chain extension to afford a single isolated crystalline product 3 (Fig. 2).
3,4-O-Isopropylidene-1,5-lactones, such as 3, invariably crystallize in boat conformations (Baird et al., 1987; Bruce et al., 1990; Punzo et al., 2005). The diastereoselectivity of the reaction may be rationalized by the formation of the lactone 3 with less steric congestion (Punzo et al., 2006; Booth et al., 2007a; Booth et al., 2007b; Dai et al. 2010) with the smaller hydroxy group rather than the methyl group in the flagpole position (Fig. 2). The structure of 3 was confirmed by the X-ray crystallographic analysis. The absolute configuration was assigned from the use of D-ribose as the starting material. The title compound exists as O—H···O hydrogen bonded chains of molecules running parallel to the a-axis (Fig. 3). Each molecule acts as a donor and acceptor for 1 hydrogen bond. Only classical hydrogen bonding has been considered.