organic compounds
2-N-Benzyl-2,6-dideoxy-2,6-imino-3,4-O-isopropylidene-3-C-methyl-D-allononitrile
aDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, England, and bDepartment 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 firmly established the relative stereochemistry of the title compound, C17H22N2O3. The was determined by use of 2-C-methyl-D-ribonolactone as the starting material. The compound exists as O—H⋯N hydrogen-bonded chains of molecules running parallel to the a-axis.
Related literature
For 2-C-methyl sugar and their use in synthesis, see: da Cruz et al. (2011); Best et al. (2010); da Cruz & Horne (20086); Booth et al. (2008); Hotchkiss, Soengas et al. (2007); Hotchkiss, Kato et al. (2007); Hotchkiss et al. (2006); Sowden & Strobach (1960). For the biological activity of polyhydroxylated piperidines, see: Nash et al. (2011); Watson et al. (2001). For the extinction correction, see: Larson (1970). For the temperature controller, see: Cosier & Glazer (1986).
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/S1600536812016273/lh5456sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812016273/lh5456Isup2.hkl
α-Iminonitrile 4 was recrystallized by diffusion from a mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane: m.p. 394–395 K; [α]D20 +39.7 (c 5.5, methanol).
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, 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.
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).C17H22N2O3 | F(000) = 648 |
Mr = 302.37 | Dx = 1.253 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 1959 reflections |
a = 8.5647 (3) Å | θ = 5–27° |
b = 10.0019 (4) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 18.7031 (7) Å | T = 150 K |
V = 1602.17 (10) Å3 | Block, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.20 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 1808 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.042 |
ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 5.2° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | h = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.96, Tmax = 0.98 | k = −12→12 |
7953 measured reflections | l = −24→24 |
2082 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | Method = Modified Sheldrick w = 1/[σ2(F2) + (0.07P)2 + 0.23P], where P = (max(Fo2,0) + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.106 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.0002994 |
S = 0.97 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
2082 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
200 parameters | Extinction correction: Larson (1970), Equation 22 |
0 restraints | Extinction coefficient: 280 (110) |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
C17H22N2O3 | V = 1602.17 (10) Å3 |
Mr = 302.37 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 8.5647 (3) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 10.0019 (4) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 18.7031 (7) Å | 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.20 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer | 2082 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 1808 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.96, Tmax = 0.98 | Rint = 0.042 |
7953 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.106 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 0.97 | Δρmax = 0.22 e Å−3 |
2082 reflections | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
200 parameters |
Experimental. The crystal was placed in the cold stream of an Oxford Cryosystems open-flow nitrogen cryostat (Cosier & Glazer, 1986) with a nominal stability of 0.1 K. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.28415 (17) | 0.66972 (14) | 0.47877 (7) | 0.0285 | |
C2 | 0.3904 (2) | 0.7319 (2) | 0.52685 (10) | 0.0240 | |
C3 | 0.4656 (2) | 0.62006 (19) | 0.56970 (10) | 0.0245 | |
N4 | 0.58010 (19) | 0.67473 (16) | 0.62140 (8) | 0.0237 | |
C5 | 0.6509 (2) | 0.5619 (2) | 0.66204 (10) | 0.0290 | |
C6 | 0.7562 (2) | 0.47284 (19) | 0.61857 (10) | 0.0252 | |
C7 | 0.9075 (2) | 0.5134 (2) | 0.60165 (11) | 0.0298 | |
C8 | 1.0092 (3) | 0.4276 (2) | 0.56690 (11) | 0.0356 | |
C9 | 0.9612 (3) | 0.2999 (2) | 0.54895 (12) | 0.0377 | |
C10 | 0.8116 (3) | 0.2586 (2) | 0.56503 (13) | 0.0377 | |
C11 | 0.7094 (3) | 0.3444 (2) | 0.59975 (12) | 0.0317 | |
C12 | 0.4923 (2) | 0.7579 (2) | 0.67274 (10) | 0.0258 | |
C13 | 0.5940 (3) | 0.8056 (2) | 0.73119 (12) | 0.0349 | |
N14 | 0.6690 (3) | 0.8455 (3) | 0.77702 (12) | 0.0563 | |
C15 | 0.4085 (2) | 0.8802 (2) | 0.63836 (10) | 0.0258 | |
C16 | 0.3102 (2) | 0.8340 (2) | 0.57458 (10) | 0.0251 | |
O17 | 0.17610 (16) | 0.77936 (14) | 0.60920 (7) | 0.0267 | |
C18 | 0.1432 (2) | 0.8661 (2) | 0.66828 (11) | 0.0322 | |
O19 | 0.29237 (16) | 0.92224 (14) | 0.68874 (8) | 0.0293 | |
C20 | 0.0777 (3) | 0.7836 (3) | 0.72865 (12) | 0.0435 | |
C21 | 0.0377 (3) | 0.9798 (3) | 0.64619 (15) | 0.0503 | |
C22 | 0.5170 (3) | 0.9967 (2) | 0.62255 (12) | 0.0337 | |
H21 | 0.4744 | 0.7726 | 0.4999 | 0.0256* | |
H31 | 0.5218 | 0.5592 | 0.5364 | 0.0293* | |
H32 | 0.3838 | 0.5684 | 0.5958 | 0.0277* | |
H51 | 0.5641 | 0.5120 | 0.6821 | 0.0339* | |
H52 | 0.7138 | 0.6041 | 0.7009 | 0.0357* | |
H71 | 0.9426 | 0.5985 | 0.6148 | 0.0359* | |
H81 | 1.1119 | 0.4591 | 0.5562 | 0.0416* | |
H91 | 1.0304 | 0.2415 | 0.5259 | 0.0458* | |
H101 | 0.7821 | 0.1690 | 0.5530 | 0.0463* | |
H111 | 0.6056 | 0.3166 | 0.6118 | 0.0379* | |
H121 | 0.4100 | 0.7095 | 0.6953 | 0.0311* | |
H161 | 0.2829 | 0.9145 | 0.5454 | 0.0290* | |
H203 | 0.0584 | 0.8381 | 0.7698 | 0.0637* | |
H202 | −0.0209 | 0.7457 | 0.7123 | 0.0635* | |
H201 | 0.1521 | 0.7143 | 0.7417 | 0.0639* | |
H211 | 0.0220 | 1.0417 | 0.6876 | 0.0718* | |
H212 | −0.0621 | 0.9372 | 0.6318 | 0.0712* | |
H213 | 0.0838 | 1.0319 | 0.6067 | 0.0702* | |
H223 | 0.4563 | 1.0631 | 0.5969 | 0.0499* | |
H222 | 0.6019 | 0.9635 | 0.5928 | 0.0502* | |
H221 | 0.5578 | 1.0406 | 0.6665 | 0.0511* | |
H11 | 0.2417 | 0.7301 | 0.4504 | 0.0457* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0278 (7) | 0.0332 (7) | 0.0244 (6) | 0.0012 (7) | −0.0070 (6) | −0.0039 (6) |
C2 | 0.0225 (10) | 0.0293 (10) | 0.0201 (8) | −0.0011 (8) | −0.0021 (8) | −0.0007 (8) |
C3 | 0.0242 (9) | 0.0254 (9) | 0.0239 (9) | 0.0009 (8) | −0.0016 (8) | 0.0003 (8) |
N4 | 0.0231 (8) | 0.0267 (8) | 0.0215 (7) | 0.0005 (7) | −0.0002 (7) | −0.0002 (7) |
C5 | 0.0277 (10) | 0.0346 (11) | 0.0249 (9) | 0.0025 (9) | −0.0021 (8) | 0.0032 (9) |
C6 | 0.0253 (9) | 0.0272 (10) | 0.0233 (9) | 0.0004 (8) | −0.0041 (8) | 0.0050 (8) |
C7 | 0.0295 (10) | 0.0318 (10) | 0.0281 (10) | −0.0015 (9) | −0.0036 (9) | 0.0040 (9) |
C8 | 0.0264 (11) | 0.0433 (12) | 0.0370 (11) | 0.0009 (10) | 0.0014 (9) | 0.0064 (10) |
C9 | 0.0368 (12) | 0.0367 (12) | 0.0397 (12) | 0.0081 (10) | 0.0054 (10) | 0.0025 (10) |
C10 | 0.0386 (12) | 0.0288 (10) | 0.0457 (12) | 0.0000 (10) | −0.0020 (11) | −0.0007 (10) |
C11 | 0.0254 (10) | 0.0320 (10) | 0.0377 (11) | −0.0020 (10) | −0.0031 (9) | 0.0022 (9) |
C12 | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0347 (10) | 0.0226 (8) | −0.0004 (9) | −0.0014 (8) | −0.0006 (8) |
C13 | 0.0287 (10) | 0.0480 (13) | 0.0280 (10) | 0.0089 (10) | −0.0025 (9) | −0.0087 (10) |
N14 | 0.0397 (12) | 0.0796 (16) | 0.0496 (13) | 0.0170 (13) | −0.0156 (10) | −0.0290 (13) |
C15 | 0.0225 (9) | 0.0295 (10) | 0.0254 (9) | −0.0005 (9) | 0.0015 (8) | −0.0028 (8) |
C16 | 0.0233 (9) | 0.0274 (9) | 0.0246 (9) | 0.0006 (8) | −0.0010 (7) | 0.0000 (8) |
O17 | 0.0214 (7) | 0.0322 (7) | 0.0266 (7) | −0.0012 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | −0.0085 (6) |
C18 | 0.0240 (10) | 0.0411 (12) | 0.0314 (11) | 0.0006 (9) | −0.0023 (9) | −0.0138 (9) |
O19 | 0.0219 (7) | 0.0362 (8) | 0.0297 (7) | −0.0004 (6) | 0.0010 (6) | −0.0104 (6) |
C20 | 0.0300 (12) | 0.0660 (16) | 0.0346 (11) | −0.0147 (12) | 0.0082 (10) | −0.0152 (12) |
C21 | 0.0372 (13) | 0.0574 (16) | 0.0563 (15) | 0.0182 (13) | −0.0146 (12) | −0.0231 (13) |
C22 | 0.0346 (11) | 0.0305 (10) | 0.0362 (11) | −0.0075 (10) | 0.0036 (10) | −0.0040 (9) |
O1—C2 | 1.422 (2) | C11—H111 | 0.958 |
O1—H11 | 0.882 | C12—C13 | 1.477 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.519 (3) | C12—C15 | 1.557 (3) |
C2—C16 | 1.521 (3) | C12—H121 | 0.954 |
C2—H21 | 0.968 | C13—N14 | 1.143 (3) |
C3—N4 | 1.482 (2) | C15—C16 | 1.531 (3) |
C3—H31 | 0.994 | C15—O19 | 1.433 (2) |
C3—H32 | 0.998 | C15—C22 | 1.519 (3) |
N4—C5 | 1.490 (2) | C16—O17 | 1.427 (2) |
N4—C12 | 1.477 (2) | C16—H161 | 0.999 |
C5—C6 | 1.506 (3) | O17—C18 | 1.433 (2) |
C5—H51 | 0.971 | C18—O19 | 1.447 (2) |
C5—H52 | 0.998 | C18—C20 | 1.507 (3) |
C6—C7 | 1.394 (3) | C18—C21 | 1.510 (3) |
C6—C11 | 1.391 (3) | C20—H203 | 0.958 |
C7—C8 | 1.385 (3) | C20—H202 | 0.975 |
C7—H71 | 0.935 | C20—H201 | 0.972 |
C8—C9 | 1.383 (3) | C21—H211 | 1.000 |
C8—H81 | 0.956 | C21—H212 | 0.992 |
C9—C10 | 1.380 (4) | C21—H213 | 0.987 |
C9—H91 | 0.937 | C22—H223 | 0.971 |
C10—C11 | 1.387 (3) | C22—H222 | 0.974 |
C10—H101 | 0.958 | C22—H221 | 0.995 |
C2—O1—H11 | 110.2 | N4—C12—H121 | 112.2 |
O1—C2—C3 | 106.45 (16) | C13—C12—H121 | 105.8 |
O1—C2—C16 | 112.06 (16) | C15—C12—H121 | 103.9 |
C3—C2—C16 | 112.12 (15) | C12—C13—N14 | 177.7 (2) |
O1—C2—H21 | 109.3 | C12—C15—C16 | 109.79 (16) |
C3—C2—H21 | 105.6 | C12—C15—O19 | 106.20 (15) |
C16—C2—H21 | 111.0 | C16—C15—O19 | 102.67 (15) |
C2—C3—N4 | 110.68 (15) | C12—C15—C22 | 113.61 (16) |
C2—C3—H31 | 109.0 | C16—C15—C22 | 114.56 (16) |
N4—C3—H31 | 108.3 | O19—C15—C22 | 109.11 (16) |
C2—C3—H32 | 110.0 | C15—C16—C2 | 114.30 (16) |
N4—C3—H32 | 109.6 | C15—C16—O17 | 101.79 (14) |
H31—C3—H32 | 109.2 | C2—C16—O17 | 111.85 (16) |
C3—N4—C5 | 108.84 (15) | C15—C16—H161 | 108.1 |
C3—N4—C12 | 107.17 (15) | C2—C16—H161 | 109.1 |
C5—N4—C12 | 107.60 (14) | O17—C16—H161 | 111.5 |
N4—C5—C6 | 114.61 (15) | C16—O17—C18 | 106.03 (14) |
N4—C5—H51 | 105.9 | O17—C18—O19 | 105.37 (15) |
C6—C5—H51 | 111.3 | O17—C18—C20 | 108.63 (18) |
N4—C5—H52 | 105.7 | O19—C18—C20 | 110.04 (17) |
C6—C5—H52 | 108.7 | O17—C18—C21 | 111.28 (18) |
H51—C5—H52 | 110.5 | O19—C18—C21 | 107.97 (18) |
C5—C6—C7 | 120.47 (18) | C20—C18—C21 | 113.3 (2) |
C5—C6—C11 | 120.68 (19) | C18—O19—C15 | 108.96 (14) |
C7—C6—C11 | 118.6 (2) | C18—C20—H203 | 110.8 |
C6—C7—C8 | 120.7 (2) | C18—C20—H202 | 107.5 |
C6—C7—H71 | 120.2 | H203—C20—H202 | 108.8 |
C8—C7—H71 | 119.0 | C18—C20—H201 | 109.6 |
C7—C8—C9 | 120.0 (2) | H203—C20—H201 | 108.5 |
C7—C8—H81 | 118.2 | H202—C20—H201 | 111.7 |
C9—C8—H81 | 121.8 | C18—C21—H211 | 109.6 |
C8—C9—C10 | 120.0 (2) | C18—C21—H212 | 105.4 |
C8—C9—H91 | 120.0 | H211—C21—H212 | 111.2 |
C10—C9—H91 | 120.1 | C18—C21—H213 | 111.3 |
C9—C10—C11 | 120.2 (2) | H211—C21—H213 | 107.9 |
C9—C10—H101 | 118.3 | H212—C21—H213 | 111.6 |
C11—C10—H101 | 121.5 | C15—C22—H223 | 107.1 |
C6—C11—C10 | 120.5 (2) | C15—C22—H222 | 107.8 |
C6—C11—H111 | 118.4 | H223—C22—H222 | 110.5 |
C10—C11—H111 | 121.1 | C15—C22—H221 | 113.1 |
N4—C12—C13 | 111.28 (16) | H223—C22—H221 | 107.1 |
N4—C12—C15 | 114.13 (15) | H222—C22—H221 | 111.1 |
C13—C12—C15 | 108.91 (17) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C22—H222···O1i | 0.97 | 2.45 | 3.405 (3) | 167 |
O1—H11···N4ii | 0.88 | 2.15 | 2.997 (3) | 161 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1; (ii) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C17H22N2O3 |
Mr | 302.37 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.5647 (3), 10.0019 (4), 18.7031 (7) |
V (Å3) | 1602.17 (10) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (DENZO/SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.96, 0.98 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7953, 2082, 1808 |
Rint | 0.042 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.041, 0.106, 0.97 |
No. of reflections | 2082 |
No. of parameters | 200 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.22, −0.22 |
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 |
O1—H11···N4i | 0.88 | 2.15 | 2.997 (3) | 161 |
Symmetry code: (i) x−1/2, −y+3/2, −z+1. |
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Many polyhydroxylated piperidines have been found to display interesting biological properties (Nash et al., 2011; Watson et al., 2001). 2-C-Methyl lactones, derived from sugars (Hotchkiss, Soengas et al., 2007; Sowden & Strobach, 1960; Hotchkiss et al., 2006), have been used for the synthesis of iminosugars bearing a carbon branch (da Cruz et al., 2011; Best et al., 2010; da Cruz et al., 2008; Hotchkiss, Kato et al., 2007). In a new one-pot approach to carbon-branched piperidines, the α-iminonitrile 4 was prepared from the lactol tosylate 3, itself readily available in two steps from 2-C-methyl-D-ribonolactone 1 (Booth et al., 2008), by Strecker α-aminonitrile formation and concomitant intramolecular tosylate displacement (Fig. 1).
X-ray crystallography firmly established the relative stereochemistry of the title compound 4. The absolute configuration was determined by the use of 2-C-methyl-D-ribonolactone 1 as the starting material. The acetonide ring adopts an envelope conformation with C16 out of the plane and the piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation (Fig. 2). The compound exists as O—H···N hydrogen-bonded chains of molecules running parallel to the a-axis (Fig. 3). Only classical hydrogen-bonding was considered.