organic compounds
Pyramidalization of a carbonyl C atom in (2S)-N-(selenoacetyl)proline methyl ester
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706-1322, USA, bGraduate Program in Biophysics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1534, USA, and cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: iguzei@chem.wisc.edu, rtraines@wisc.edu
The title compound, C8H13NO2Se, crystallizes as a non-merohedral twin with an approximate 9:1 component ratio with two symmetry-independent molecules in the Our density-functional theory (DFT) computations indicate that the carboxy C atom is expected to be slightly pyramidal due to an n→ π* interaction, wherein the lone pair (n) of the Se atom overlap with the antibonding orbital (π*) of the carbonyl group. Such pyramidalization is observed in one molecule of the title compound but not the other.
Related literature
For background to hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis, see: Glendening et al. (2001); Weinhold (1998); Weinhold & Landis (2005). For literature related to the synthesis, see: Bhattacharyya & Woollins (2001) and for NBO studies of the title compound, see: Choudhary & Raines (2011a); DeRider et al. (2002); Choudhary et al. (2009, 2010a,b); Jakobsche et al. (2010); Bartlett et al. (2010); Choudhary & Raines (2011b). For geometrical checks with ConQuest and Mercury, see: Bruno et al. (2002). For Gaussian 03 software, see: Frisch (2004). For puckering parameters, see: Cremer & Pople (1975).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2012); cell SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT-Plus; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and NBOView (Wendt & Weinhold, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2, GX and FCF_filter (Guzei, 2012).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813011112/kj2221sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813011112/kj2221Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813011112/kj2221Isup3.cml
Compound (I) was synthesized following from its oxygen congener by using (PhPSe2)2 (Woolins' reagent) following a procedure reported previously (Bhattacharyya & Woollins, 2001). A small amount of (I) was dissolved in hexanes with a minimal amount of ethyl acetate. Slow evaporation of the solution afforded X-ray quality crystals of (I) after ~4 days.
All H-atoms were placed in idealized locations and refined as riding with appropriate thermal displacement coefficients Uiso(H) = 1.2 or 1.5 times Ueq(bearing atom).
We have previously reported on extensive studies of geometrical and conformational attributes of several amide bond isosteres (Choudhary & Raines, 2011a). In contrast, selenoamides have not received much attention. Herein we report the
of the title compound N-selenoacetyl–(2S)-proline methyl ester (Scheme 1, (I)) and the results of a hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis (Glendening et al., 2001, Weinhold, 1998, Weinhold & Landis, 2005) of its geometrical features.Compound (I), Figure 1, crystallizes as a non-merohedral twin with the minor component contribution of 10 (2)%. The two components are related by 179° degree rotation about the [110] vector. The in the relatively rare P1 contains two symmetry-independent molecules with the same handedness. The absolute structures of both components have been unequivocally established by effects: the Flack x parameters for the two components have been refined independently to 0.04 (2) and 0.02 (2). The two molecules have essentially identical geometries and their non-H atoms can be superimposed with a RMS of 0.042 Å. All geometrical parameters in the molecules are typical within experimental error (Bruno et al., 2002). The conformations of the five-membered rings in (I) are characterized by the puckering coordinates (Cremer & Pople, 1975) q2 and φ2 which measured 0.376 (14) Å and 89.8 (19)° for the Se1 molecule and 0.370 (15) Å and 85 (2)° for the Se1a molecule. Whereas the extent of puckering of the rings is the same, the ring in the Se1 molecule is in twisted conformation 3T4 whereas the ring in the other molecule is in the 3T4 conformation with a small 3E envelope character. The envelope character is probably statistically significant.
The key feature of (I) is pyramidalization of atom C7 described with parameters Δ and Θ defined in Figure 2. These parameters are 0.016 (12) Å and 0.06 (5)° for the Se1 molecule and 0.040 (13) Å and 1.5 (5)° for the Se1a molecule. In the Se1 molecule the pyramidalization is not observed whereas in the second molecule the slight pyramidalization is statistically significant. For comparison, in the sulfur analog of (I) the relevant pyramidalization parameters Δ and Θ are 0.0293 (13) Å and 1.10 (5)°, also small and statistically significant.
We conducted DFT and NBO analyses of four low energy conformations of (I) (DeRider et al., 2002, Choudhary et al., 2009, Choudhary et al., 2010b, Choudhary et al., 2010a, Jakobsche et al., 2010) at the B3LYP/6–311+G(2 d,p) level of theory using Gaussian 03 (Frisch et al., 2004) and comment here on the most stable conformer. We have previously reported an interaction in proteins, termed the n→π* interaction, wherein the lone pairs (n) of an oxygen (Oi-1) of a carbonyl group overlap with the antibonding orbital (π*) of Ci=Oi of an adjacent carbonyl group. The similar overlap in (I) between the lone pairs (n) of the selenium and the antibonding orbital (π*) of the carbonyl group is shown in Figure 3. (Bartlett et al., 2010, Choudhary & Raines, 2011b). This interaction resembles the Bürgi–Dunitz trajectory for nucleophilic additions to the carbonyl group and induces pyramidalization of the acceptor carbonyl group (Choudhary et al., 2009). The second-order perturbation theory as implemented in NBO 5.0 suggests n→π* interaction mediated stabilization of the conformation by 0.84 kcal/mol. The findings of our crystallographic studies partially support our theoretical findings: molecule Se1A shows pyramidalization whereas molecule Se1 does not. We attribute these results to the twinned nature of the crystals that lead to relatively high e.s.d.'s on geometrical parameters, but it was not possible to isolate a better crystal.
For background to hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis, see: Glendening et al. (2001); Weinhold (1998); Weinhold & Landis (2005). For literature related to the synthesis, see: Bhattacharyya & Woollins (2001) and for NBO studies of the title compound, see: Choudhary & Raines (2011a); DeRider et al. (2002); Choudhary et al. (2009, 2010a,b); Jakobsche et al. (2010); Bartlett et al. (2010); Choudhary & Raines (2011b). For geometrical checks with ConQuest and Mercury, see: Bruno et al. (2002). For Gaussian 03 software, see: Frisch (2004). For puckering parameters, see: Cremer & Pople (1975).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2012); cell
SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and NBOView (Wendt & Weinhold, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009), GX and FCF_filter (Guzei, 2012).C8H13NO2Se | Z = 2 |
Mr = 234.15 | F(000) = 236 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.593 Mg m−3 |
a = 7.050 (3) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 7.442 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 746 reflections |
c = 10.334 (4) Å | θ = 3.0–29.0° |
α = 85.166 (6)° | µ = 3.81 mm−1 |
β = 86.220 (6)° | T = 105 K |
γ = 64.682 (4)° | Block, colourless |
V = 488.1 (3) Å3 | 0.47 × 0.37 × 0.35 mm |
Bruker SMART APEX2 area detector diffractometer | 3012 measured reflections |
Radiation source: microfocus sealed X-ray tube, Incoatec Iµs | 3012 independent reflections |
Mirror optics monochromator | 2938 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Detector resolution: 7.9 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 25.1°, θmin = 2.0° |
0.5° ω and 0.5° φ scans | h = −8→8 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (TWINABS; Bruker, 2007) | k = −8→8 |
Tmin = 0.268, Tmax = 0.349 | l = −12→12 |
Refinement on F2 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
Least-squares matrix: full | H-atom parameters constrained |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.051 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0947P)2 + 1.2373P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
wR(F2) = 0.135 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
S = 1.12 | Δρmax = 1.46 e Å−3 |
3012 reflections | Δρmin = −0.63 e Å−3 |
224 parameters | Absolute structure: Classical Flack method preferred over Parsons because s.u. lower. |
3 restraints | Absolute structure parameter: 0.01 (3) |
C8H13NO2Se | γ = 64.682 (4)° |
Mr = 234.15 | V = 488.1 (3) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.050 (3) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 7.442 (3) Å | µ = 3.81 mm−1 |
c = 10.334 (4) Å | T = 105 K |
α = 85.166 (6)° | 0.47 × 0.37 × 0.35 mm |
β = 86.220 (6)° |
Bruker SMART APEX2 area detector diffractometer | 3012 measured reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (TWINABS; Bruker, 2007) | 3012 independent reflections |
Tmin = 0.268, Tmax = 0.349 | 2938 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.051 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.135 | Δρmax = 1.46 e Å−3 |
S = 1.12 | Δρmin = −0.63 e Å−3 |
3012 reflections | Absolute structure: Classical Flack method preferred over Parsons because s.u. lower. |
224 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.01 (3) |
3 restraints |
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. Refined as a 4-component twin. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Se1 | 1.02636 (11) | 0.03198 (10) | 0.80590 (9) | 0.0268 (3) | |
O1 | 0.6582 (13) | 0.5319 (12) | 0.9097 (8) | 0.0258 (17) | |
O2 | 0.6687 (15) | 0.5834 (13) | 0.6919 (8) | 0.0267 (19) | |
N1 | 0.6036 (14) | 0.1857 (14) | 0.8793 (9) | 0.0209 (18) | |
C1 | 0.807 (2) | −0.108 (2) | 1.0113 (14) | 0.024 (3) | |
H1A | 0.7617 | −0.0430 | 1.0937 | 0.036* | |
H1B | 0.9523 | −0.2093 | 1.0174 | 0.036* | |
H1C | 0.7156 | −0.1708 | 0.9932 | 0.036* | |
C2 | 0.7948 (17) | 0.0453 (16) | 0.9034 (12) | 0.023 (2) | |
C3 | 0.4089 (18) | 0.2096 (19) | 0.9573 (12) | 0.024 (3) | |
H3A | 0.4309 | 0.2039 | 1.0515 | 0.029* | |
H3B | 0.3636 | 0.1052 | 0.9401 | 0.029* | |
C4 | 0.2498 (18) | 0.4141 (18) | 0.9102 (13) | 0.027 (3) | |
H4A | 0.1058 | 0.4219 | 0.9172 | 0.032* | |
H4B | 0.2550 | 0.5190 | 0.9608 | 0.032* | |
C5 | 0.3161 (18) | 0.436 (2) | 0.7695 (13) | 0.028 (3) | |
H5A | 0.2615 | 0.5776 | 0.7380 | 0.034* | |
H5B | 0.2662 | 0.3647 | 0.7132 | 0.034* | |
C6 | 0.5599 (17) | 0.3388 (16) | 0.7724 (10) | 0.020 (2) | |
H6 | 0.6241 | 0.2781 | 0.6885 | 0.024* | |
C7 | 0.6369 (17) | 0.4933 (16) | 0.8033 (11) | 0.022 (2) | |
C8 | 0.734 (3) | 0.740 (2) | 0.7072 (15) | 0.031 (3) | |
H8A | 0.6159 | 0.8558 | 0.7411 | 0.046* | |
H8B | 0.7828 | 0.7783 | 0.6228 | 0.046* | |
H8C | 0.8493 | 0.6918 | 0.7681 | 0.046* | |
Se1A | 1.07753 (15) | 0.71492 (14) | 0.39148 (11) | 0.0314 (4) | |
O1A | 0.5592 (13) | 1.1157 (14) | 0.2797 (8) | 0.0279 (18) | |
O2A | 0.5329 (13) | 1.1213 (14) | 0.4976 (9) | 0.0264 (19) | |
N1A | 0.9670 (14) | 1.1015 (14) | 0.2881 (9) | 0.0212 (19) | |
C1A | 1.259 (2) | 0.861 (2) | 0.1724 (16) | 0.026 (3) | |
H1AA | 1.1935 | 0.9144 | 0.0886 | 0.038* | |
H1AB | 1.3372 | 0.7162 | 0.1715 | 0.038* | |
H1AC | 1.3562 | 0.9199 | 0.1874 | 0.038* | |
C2A | 1.0943 (16) | 0.9115 (16) | 0.2781 (11) | 0.020 (2) | |
C3A | 0.9718 (18) | 1.2692 (17) | 0.2000 (12) | 0.025 (2) | |
H3AA | 0.9716 | 1.2428 | 0.1077 | 0.030* | |
H3AB | 1.0970 | 1.2921 | 0.2141 | 0.030* | |
C4A | 0.771 (2) | 1.446 (2) | 0.2387 (14) | 0.031 (3) | |
H4AA | 0.7858 | 1.5722 | 0.2220 | 0.037* | |
H4AB | 0.6505 | 1.4540 | 0.1904 | 0.037* | |
C5A | 0.7423 (19) | 1.4030 (19) | 0.3828 (13) | 0.031 (3) | |
H5AA | 0.5938 | 1.4753 | 0.4120 | 0.037* | |
H5AB | 0.8312 | 1.4416 | 0.4341 | 0.037* | |
C6A | 0.8117 (17) | 1.1760 (18) | 0.3963 (11) | 0.022 (2) | |
H6A | 0.8771 | 1.1185 | 0.4819 | 0.027* | |
C7A | 0.6233 (17) | 1.1279 (17) | 0.3787 (11) | 0.023 (2) | |
C8A | 0.347 (2) | 1.085 (3) | 0.4944 (16) | 0.040 (4) | |
H8AA | 0.2399 | 1.1934 | 0.4433 | 0.060* | |
H8AB | 0.2912 | 1.0772 | 0.5832 | 0.060* | |
H8AC | 0.3832 | 0.9585 | 0.4546 | 0.060* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Se1 | 0.0198 (6) | 0.0286 (7) | 0.0363 (8) | −0.0150 (6) | 0.0045 (5) | −0.0029 (5) |
O1 | 0.028 (4) | 0.027 (4) | 0.026 (5) | −0.016 (4) | 0.000 (3) | −0.004 (3) |
O2 | 0.030 (5) | 0.030 (5) | 0.029 (5) | −0.021 (4) | −0.007 (4) | 0.000 (3) |
N1 | 0.020 (5) | 0.021 (5) | 0.026 (5) | −0.014 (4) | 0.002 (3) | −0.001 (3) |
C1 | 0.019 (6) | 0.023 (7) | 0.027 (7) | −0.007 (6) | −0.004 (5) | −0.001 (5) |
C2 | 0.016 (5) | 0.019 (5) | 0.037 (7) | −0.008 (5) | 0.000 (4) | −0.006 (4) |
C3 | 0.020 (6) | 0.022 (6) | 0.035 (6) | −0.012 (5) | 0.001 (5) | −0.004 (5) |
C4 | 0.015 (5) | 0.021 (6) | 0.047 (7) | −0.011 (5) | 0.001 (5) | −0.004 (5) |
C5 | 0.021 (6) | 0.020 (6) | 0.045 (7) | −0.009 (5) | −0.010 (5) | 0.002 (5) |
C6 | 0.021 (5) | 0.022 (5) | 0.024 (5) | −0.015 (5) | −0.006 (4) | −0.002 (4) |
C7 | 0.018 (5) | 0.023 (6) | 0.029 (6) | −0.011 (5) | −0.003 (4) | 0.001 (4) |
C8 | 0.039 (8) | 0.025 (7) | 0.039 (8) | −0.025 (6) | 0.000 (6) | 0.001 (5) |
Se1A | 0.0285 (7) | 0.0247 (7) | 0.0453 (9) | −0.0164 (6) | −0.0005 (6) | 0.0041 (6) |
O1A | 0.019 (4) | 0.039 (5) | 0.030 (5) | −0.016 (4) | −0.001 (3) | −0.005 (4) |
O2A | 0.019 (4) | 0.035 (5) | 0.033 (5) | −0.019 (4) | −0.005 (3) | 0.002 (3) |
N1A | 0.018 (5) | 0.029 (5) | 0.023 (5) | −0.018 (4) | −0.002 (3) | 0.002 (4) |
C1A | 0.018 (6) | 0.027 (7) | 0.039 (8) | −0.018 (6) | 0.003 (5) | 0.000 (6) |
C2A | 0.015 (5) | 0.022 (6) | 0.028 (6) | −0.011 (5) | −0.012 (4) | 0.000 (4) |
C3A | 0.022 (6) | 0.019 (5) | 0.039 (7) | −0.015 (5) | 0.002 (5) | 0.007 (5) |
C4A | 0.026 (7) | 0.016 (7) | 0.051 (8) | −0.011 (6) | −0.002 (6) | 0.003 (6) |
C5A | 0.022 (6) | 0.030 (7) | 0.043 (8) | −0.013 (6) | 0.004 (5) | −0.009 (6) |
C6A | 0.017 (5) | 0.029 (7) | 0.024 (6) | −0.012 (5) | −0.006 (4) | 0.000 (5) |
C7A | 0.020 (6) | 0.027 (6) | 0.026 (6) | −0.014 (5) | 0.004 (4) | −0.006 (4) |
C8A | 0.027 (7) | 0.068 (12) | 0.043 (8) | −0.038 (8) | 0.010 (6) | −0.013 (8) |
Se1—C2 | 1.831 (11) | Se1A—C2A | 1.835 (11) |
O1—C7 | 1.194 (14) | O1A—C7A | 1.170 (14) |
O2—C7 | 1.337 (14) | O2A—C7A | 1.354 (15) |
O2—C8 | 1.450 (16) | O2A—C8A | 1.454 (16) |
N1—C2 | 1.329 (15) | N1A—C2A | 1.319 (15) |
N1—C3 | 1.495 (14) | N1A—C3A | 1.493 (14) |
N1—C6 | 1.465 (14) | N1A—C6A | 1.477 (15) |
C1—H1A | 0.9800 | C1A—H1AA | 0.9800 |
C1—H1B | 0.9800 | C1A—H1AB | 0.9800 |
C1—H1C | 0.9800 | C1A—H1AC | 0.9800 |
C1—C2 | 1.504 (19) | C1A—C2A | 1.490 (18) |
C3—H3A | 0.9900 | C3A—H3AA | 0.9900 |
C3—H3B | 0.9900 | C3A—H3AB | 0.9900 |
C3—C4 | 1.516 (18) | C3A—C4A | 1.522 (18) |
C4—H4A | 0.9900 | C4A—H4AA | 0.9900 |
C4—H4B | 0.9900 | C4A—H4AB | 0.9900 |
C4—C5 | 1.514 (19) | C4A—C5A | 1.51 (2) |
C5—H5A | 0.9900 | C5A—H5AA | 0.9900 |
C5—H5B | 0.9900 | C5A—H5AB | 0.9900 |
C5—C6 | 1.555 (16) | C5A—C6A | 1.541 (17) |
C6—H6 | 1.0000 | C6A—H6A | 1.0000 |
C6—C7 | 1.529 (15) | C6A—C7A | 1.541 (15) |
C8—H8A | 0.9800 | C8A—H8AA | 0.9800 |
C8—H8B | 0.9800 | C8A—H8AB | 0.9800 |
C8—H8C | 0.9800 | C8A—H8AC | 0.9800 |
C7—O2—C8 | 114.7 (10) | C7A—O2A—C8A | 113.3 (10) |
C2—N1—C3 | 124.9 (10) | C2A—N1A—C3A | 125.3 (9) |
C2—N1—C6 | 123.3 (9) | C2A—N1A—C6A | 123.3 (10) |
C6—N1—C3 | 111.8 (9) | C6A—N1A—C3A | 111.1 (9) |
H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 | H1AA—C1A—H1AB | 109.5 |
H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 | H1AA—C1A—H1AC | 109.5 |
H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 | H1AB—C1A—H1AC | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1A | 109.5 | C2A—C1A—H1AA | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C2A—C1A—H1AB | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C2A—C1A—H1AC | 109.5 |
N1—C2—Se1 | 122.0 (9) | N1A—C2A—Se1A | 122.3 (9) |
N1—C2—C1 | 115.8 (10) | N1A—C2A—C1A | 117.2 (11) |
C1—C2—Se1 | 122.2 (8) | C1A—C2A—Se1A | 120.4 (9) |
N1—C3—H3A | 111.1 | N1A—C3A—H3AA | 111.1 |
N1—C3—H3B | 111.1 | N1A—C3A—H3AB | 111.1 |
N1—C3—C4 | 103.2 (10) | N1A—C3A—C4A | 103.2 (9) |
H3A—C3—H3B | 109.1 | H3AA—C3A—H3AB | 109.1 |
C4—C3—H3A | 111.1 | C4A—C3A—H3AA | 111.1 |
C4—C3—H3B | 111.1 | C4A—C3A—H3AB | 111.1 |
C3—C4—H4A | 111.0 | C3A—C4A—H4AA | 111.0 |
C3—C4—H4B | 111.0 | C3A—C4A—H4AB | 111.0 |
H4A—C4—H4B | 109.0 | H4AA—C4A—H4AB | 109.0 |
C5—C4—C3 | 104.0 (10) | C5A—C4A—C3A | 103.9 (11) |
C5—C4—H4A | 111.0 | C5A—C4A—H4AA | 111.0 |
C5—C4—H4B | 111.0 | C5A—C4A—H4AB | 111.0 |
C4—C5—H5A | 111.1 | C4A—C5A—H5AA | 111.0 |
C4—C5—H5B | 111.1 | C4A—C5A—H5AB | 111.0 |
C4—C5—C6 | 103.3 (10) | C4A—C5A—C6A | 103.8 (9) |
H5A—C5—H5B | 109.1 | H5AA—C5A—H5AB | 109.0 |
C6—C5—H5A | 111.1 | C6A—C5A—H5AA | 111.0 |
C6—C5—H5B | 111.1 | C6A—C5A—H5AB | 111.0 |
N1—C6—C5 | 102.9 (9) | N1A—C6A—C5A | 103.7 (9) |
N1—C6—H6 | 111.1 | N1A—C6A—H6A | 110.9 |
N1—C6—C7 | 110.4 (8) | N1A—C6A—C7A | 110.0 (9) |
C5—C6—H6 | 111.1 | C5A—C6A—H6A | 110.9 |
C7—C6—C5 | 110.0 (9) | C5A—C6A—C7A | 110.1 (9) |
C7—C6—H6 | 111.1 | C7A—C6A—H6A | 110.9 |
O1—C7—O2 | 125.6 (10) | O1A—C7A—O2A | 125.9 (11) |
O1—C7—C6 | 125.5 (10) | O1A—C7A—C6A | 126.3 (10) |
O2—C7—C6 | 108.8 (9) | O2A—C7A—C6A | 107.6 (9) |
O2—C8—H8A | 109.5 | O2A—C8A—H8AA | 109.5 |
O2—C8—H8B | 109.5 | O2A—C8A—H8AB | 109.5 |
O2—C8—H8C | 109.5 | O2A—C8A—H8AC | 109.5 |
H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 | H8AA—C8A—H8AB | 109.5 |
H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 | H8AA—C8A—H8AC | 109.5 |
H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 | H8AB—C8A—H8AC | 109.5 |
N1—C3—C4—C5 | 31.5 (11) | N1A—C3A—C4A—C5A | 32.7 (12) |
N1—C6—C7—O1 | −25.3 (15) | N1A—C6A—C7A—O1A | −30.5 (16) |
N1—C6—C7—O2 | 157.1 (9) | N1A—C6A—C7A—O2A | 155.3 (9) |
C2—N1—C3—C4 | 167.0 (10) | C2A—N1A—C3A—C4A | 169.8 (10) |
C2—N1—C6—C5 | 169.2 (10) | C2A—N1A—C6A—C5A | 166.9 (9) |
C2—N1—C6—C7 | −73.5 (12) | C2A—N1A—C6A—C7A | −75.3 (12) |
C3—N1—C2—Se1 | −177.9 (8) | C3A—N1A—C2A—Se1A | 179.8 (8) |
C3—N1—C2—C1 | 5.1 (16) | C3A—N1A—C2A—C1A | 1.6 (15) |
C3—N1—C6—C5 | −11.6 (11) | C3A—N1A—C6A—C5A | −8.4 (11) |
C3—N1—C6—C7 | 105.7 (10) | C3A—N1A—C6A—C7A | 109.4 (10) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | −39.0 (11) | C3A—C4A—C5A—C6A | −38.3 (12) |
C4—C5—C6—N1 | 30.9 (11) | C4A—C5A—C6A—N1A | 28.6 (11) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −86.8 (11) | C4A—C5A—C6A—C7A | −89.0 (11) |
C5—C6—C7—O1 | 87.6 (14) | C5A—C6A—C7A—O1A | 83.2 (15) |
C5—C6—C7—O2 | −90.1 (11) | C5A—C6A—C7A—O2A | −91.0 (11) |
C6—N1—C2—Se1 | 1.2 (14) | C6A—N1A—C2A—Se1A | 5.2 (14) |
C6—N1—C2—C1 | −175.8 (11) | C6A—N1A—C2A—C1A | −173.0 (11) |
C6—N1—C3—C4 | −12.1 (12) | C6A—N1A—C3A—C4A | −15.0 (12) |
C8—O2—C7—O1 | 0.0 (18) | C8A—O2A—C7A—O1A | 3.5 (18) |
C8—O2—C7—C6 | 177.7 (10) | C8A—O2A—C7A—C6A | 177.7 (11) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C8H13NO2Se |
Mr | 234.15 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 105 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.050 (3), 7.442 (3), 10.334 (4) |
α, β, γ (°) | 85.166 (6), 86.220 (6), 64.682 (4) |
V (Å3) | 488.1 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 3.81 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.47 × 0.37 × 0.35 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX2 area detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (TWINABS; Bruker, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.268, 0.349 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 3012, 3012, 2938 |
Rint | ? |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.596 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.051, 0.135, 1.12 |
No. of reflections | 3012 |
No. of parameters | 224 |
No. of restraints | 3 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.46, −0.63 |
Absolute structure | Classical Flack method preferred over Parsons because s.u. lower. |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.01 (3) |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2012), SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2007), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009) and NBOView (Wendt & Weinhold, 2001), OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009), GX and FCF_filter (Guzei, 2012).
Acknowledgements
This project has been funded in part by NIH grant R01 AR044276.
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We have previously reported on extensive studies of geometrical and conformational attributes of several amide bond isosteres (Choudhary & Raines, 2011a). In contrast, selenoamides have not received much attention. Herein we report the crystal structure of the title compound N-selenoacetyl–(2S)-proline methyl ester (Scheme 1, (I)) and the results of a hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) analysis (Glendening et al., 2001, Weinhold, 1998, Weinhold & Landis, 2005) of its geometrical features.
Compound (I), Figure 1, crystallizes as a non-merohedral twin with the minor component contribution of 10 (2)%. The two components are related by 179° degree rotation about the [110] vector. The asymmetric unit in the relatively rare space group P1 contains two symmetry-independent molecules with the same handedness. The absolute structures of both components have been unequivocally established by anomalous dispersion effects: the Flack x parameters for the two components have been refined independently to 0.04 (2) and 0.02 (2). The two molecules have essentially identical geometries and their non-H atoms can be superimposed with a RMS of 0.042 Å. All geometrical parameters in the molecules are typical within experimental error (Bruno et al., 2002). The conformations of the five-membered rings in (I) are characterized by the puckering coordinates (Cremer & Pople, 1975) q2 and φ2 which measured 0.376 (14) Å and 89.8 (19)° for the Se1 molecule and 0.370 (15) Å and 85 (2)° for the Se1a molecule. Whereas the extent of puckering of the rings is the same, the ring in the Se1 molecule is in twisted conformation 3T4 whereas the ring in the other molecule is in the 3T4 conformation with a small 3E envelope character. The envelope character is probably statistically significant.
The key feature of (I) is pyramidalization of atom C7 described with parameters Δ and Θ defined in Figure 2. These parameters are 0.016 (12) Å and 0.06 (5)° for the Se1 molecule and 0.040 (13) Å and 1.5 (5)° for the Se1a molecule. In the Se1 molecule the pyramidalization is not observed whereas in the second molecule the slight pyramidalization is statistically significant. For comparison, in the sulfur analog of (I) the relevant pyramidalization parameters Δ and Θ are 0.0293 (13) Å and 1.10 (5)°, also small and statistically significant.
We conducted DFT and NBO analyses of four low energy conformations of (I) (DeRider et al., 2002, Choudhary et al., 2009, Choudhary et al., 2010b, Choudhary et al., 2010a, Jakobsche et al., 2010) at the B3LYP/6–311+G(2 d,p) level of theory using Gaussian 03 (Frisch et al., 2004) and comment here on the most stable conformer. We have previously reported an interaction in proteins, termed the n→π* interaction, wherein the lone pairs (n) of an oxygen (Oi-1) of a carbonyl group overlap with the antibonding orbital (π*) of Ci=Oi of an adjacent carbonyl group. The similar overlap in (I) between the lone pairs (n) of the selenium and the antibonding orbital (π*) of the carbonyl group is shown in Figure 3. (Bartlett et al., 2010, Choudhary & Raines, 2011b). This interaction resembles the Bürgi–Dunitz trajectory for nucleophilic additions to the carbonyl group and induces pyramidalization of the acceptor carbonyl group (Choudhary et al., 2009). The second-order perturbation theory as implemented in NBO 5.0 suggests n→π* interaction mediated stabilization of the trans conformation by 0.84 kcal/mol. The findings of our crystallographic studies partially support our theoretical findings: molecule Se1A shows pyramidalization whereas molecule Se1 does not. We attribute these results to the twinned nature of the crystals that lead to relatively high e.s.d.'s on geometrical parameters, but it was not possible to isolate a better crystal.