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![]() | Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810050130/om2385sup1.cif |
![]() | Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810050130/om2385Isup2.hkl |
CCDC reference: 807316
Key indicators
- Single-crystal X-ray study
- T = 90 K
- Mean
(C-C) = 0.002 Å
- R factor = 0.043
- wR factor = 0.101
- Data-to-parameter ratio = 33.9
checkCIF/PLATON results
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Alert level C PLAT230_ALERT_2_C Hirshfeld Test Diff for O4 -- C9 .. 5.42 su PLAT230_ALERT_2_C Hirshfeld Test Diff for N2 -- C9 .. 5.09 su PLAT910_ALERT_3_C Missing # of FCF Reflections Below Th(Min) ..... 3 PLAT024_ALERT_4_C Merging of Friedel Pairs is Indicated .......... ! PLAT032_ALERT_4_C Std. Uncertainty in Flack Parameter too High ... 0.50 PLAT912_ALERT_4_C Missing # of FCF Reflections Above STh/L= 0.600 263
Alert level G REFLT03_ALERT_4_G ALERT: MoKa measured Friedel data cannot be used to determine absolute structure in a light-atom study EXCEPT under VERY special conditions. It is preferred that Friedel data is merged in such cases. From the CIF: _diffrn_reflns_theta_max 36.10 From the CIF: _reflns_number_total 10411 Count of symmetry unique reflns 6176 Completeness (_total/calc) 168.57% TEST3: Check Friedels for noncentro structure Estimate of Friedel pairs measured 4235 Fraction of Friedel pairs measured 0.686 Are heavy atom types Z>Si present no PLAT916_ALERT_2_G Hooft y and Flack x Parameter values differ by . 0.20 PLAT791_ALERT_4_G Note: The Model has Chirality at C3 (Verify) S
0 ALERT level A = In general: serious problem 0 ALERT level B = Potentially serious problem 6 ALERT level C = Check and explain 3 ALERT level G = General alerts; check 0 ALERT type 1 CIF construction/syntax error, inconsistent or missing data 3 ALERT type 2 Indicator that the structure model may be wrong or deficient 1 ALERT type 3 Indicator that the structure quality may be low 5 ALERT type 4 Improvement, methodology, query or suggestion 0 ALERT type 5 Informative message, check
A mixture of 1,3-bis(benzyloxycarbonyl)-2-methyl-2-thiopseudourea (2.79 mmol, 1 g), L-leucine methyl ester hydrochloride (2.79 mmol, 0.51 g), and triethylamine (2.79 mmole, 0.4 ml) in THF (absolute, 10 mL) was stirred at 338 K. The mixture was brought to room temperature, and the precipitate was filtered by vacuum. After evaporation of all solvents from the filtrate, the product was purified by chromatography (EtOAc/hexane, 1:4). The product was isolated as colorless crystals in 46% yield. 1H NMR (Methanol, 400 MHz): δ 0.85–0.88 (dd, 6H), 1.58–1.60 (m, 2H), 1.67–1.74 (m, 1H), 3.63 (s, 3H), 4.54–4.59 (m, 1H), 7.28–7.43 (m, 10H), 8.53–8.55 (d, 1H), 11.47 (s, 1H). 13C NMR (Methanol, 400 MHz): δ 22.12, 24.95, 67.08, 68.47, 128.44, 128.54, 128.93, 129.01, 129.13, 155.36, 163.12, 172.39. MS m/z 456.21 [M+H]+, 478.19 [M+Na]+.
All H atoms were visible in difference maps, and those on C were placed in idealized positions with C—H distances 0.95 - 1.00 Å and thereafter treated as riding. Coordinates for the H atoms on N were refined. Uiso for H was assigned as 1.2 times Ueq of the attached atoms (1.5 for methyl). A torsional parameter was refined for each methyl group. Friedel pairs were kept separate in the refinement.
Molecules used as drugs frequently contain heterocyclic subunits, and substituted guanidine or amidine compounds are very important intermediates in the synthesis of many heterocyclic compounds. However, substituted guanidines and amidine compounds themselves can be difficult to synthesize. Thus, synthesis of substituted guanidines is important and interesting. One possible route to these compounds is to use 1,3-bis(benzyloxycarbonyl)-2-methyl-2-thiopseudourea, which has a good leaving group and L-leucine methyl ester hydrochloride, which is a good nucleophile. Reaction of these starting materials led to successful synthesis of the chiral title compound, which was confirmed by crystal structure determination.
The structure, shown in Figure 1, has a guanidine at its core. The three C—N distances of the guanidine vary from 1.3225 (12) to 1.3864 (12) Å, with the shortest being the formal double bond to the unprotonated N atom N2 and the longest being to the other carbamate N atom N3. These values are in good agreement with those seen in 1,2-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-3-phenylguanidine, (Travlos & White, 1994), in which the length pattern is the same and the range of lengths is 1.309 (3) to 1.388 (4) Å. In N,N',N''-tris(t-butoxycarbonyl)guanidine (Feichtinger et al., 1998; space group corrected by Marsh, 2002), the C═N and C—NH groups are disordered, and the C—N distance is 1.343 Å. In the title compound, the two N—H groups form intramolecular hydrogen bonds with graph set (Etter, 1990) S(6). The hydrogen bonding leads to a fairly planar central C3N3O4 portion of the molecule, which has a mean deviation 0.019 Å from coplanarity and a maximum deviation 0.0533 (10) Å for N3.
The lone stereocenter is carbon C3, with (S) configuration, as known from starting material L-leucine. Absolute configuration determination based on resonant scattering of the light atoms in Mo Kα radiation was possible for this structure, on account of the excellent quality of the crystal, the fact that it is relatively rich in O and N, the high resolution of the data, and the completeness of the set of 4545 Bijvoet pairs, which were kept separate in the refinement. While the Flack (1983) parameter is unconvincing, with a value of 0.2 (5), the Hooft et al. (2008) parameter y = 0.0 (2) has a much smaller uncertainty, and the Hooft P2(true) value is 1.000. A number of oxygen-rich compounds producing Mo data sets of similar high quality have been shown to yield similarly reliable absolute-structure results, agreeing with the known configurations (Fronczek, 2010; Lutz & van Krieken, 2010; Thompson et al., 2008).
For related structures, see: Travlos & White (1994); Feichtinger et al. (1998); Marsh (2002). For graph sets, see: Etter (1990). For absolute configuration based on resonant scattering from light atoms, see: Hooft et al. (2008); Fronczek (2010); Lutz & van Krieken (2010); Thompson et al. (2008).
Data collection: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell refinement: SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).
C24H29N3O6 | F(000) = 968 |
Mr = 455.50 | Dx = 1.297 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 5760 reflections |
a = 7.7203 (5) Å | θ = 2.5–36.1° |
b = 14.2043 (10) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
c = 21.280 (2) Å | T = 90 K |
V = 2333.6 (3) Å3 | Fragment, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.30 × 0.28 × 0.15 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD (with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler) diffractometer | 9219 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.056 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 36.1°, θmin = 2.8° |
ω and φ scans | h = −12→12 |
43001 measured reflections | k = −22→22 |
10411 independent reflections | l = −34→34 |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.101 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0473P)2 + 0.6349P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.02 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
10411 reflections | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
307 parameters | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 4545 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: 0.2 (5) |
C24H29N3O6 | V = 2333.6 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 455.50 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, P212121 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 7.7203 (5) Å | µ = 0.09 mm−1 |
b = 14.2043 (10) Å | T = 90 K |
c = 21.280 (2) Å | 0.30 × 0.28 × 0.15 mm |
Nonius KappaCCD (with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler) diffractometer | 9219 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
43001 measured reflections | Rint = 0.056 |
10411 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.043 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.101 | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
S = 1.02 | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
10411 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 4545 Friedel pairs |
307 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.2 (5) |
0 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. 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 | 0.58734 (12) | 0.48105 (6) | 0.79229 (4) | 0.01853 (16) | |
O2 | 0.69349 (11) | 0.37173 (6) | 0.72588 (4) | 0.01797 (15) | |
O3 | 0.66892 (11) | 0.75163 (5) | 0.55412 (3) | 0.01520 (14) | |
O4 | 0.70303 (12) | 0.64048 (5) | 0.47943 (4) | 0.01833 (15) | |
O5 | 0.57441 (13) | 0.31412 (5) | 0.54332 (4) | 0.02052 (17) | |
O6 | 0.65667 (11) | 0.35908 (5) | 0.44569 (3) | 0.01435 (13) | |
N1 | 0.55713 (12) | 0.46022 (6) | 0.62459 (4) | 0.01239 (14) | |
H1N | 0.555 (2) | 0.4008 (11) | 0.6200 (7) | 0.015* | |
N2 | 0.62092 (12) | 0.60509 (5) | 0.58336 (4) | 0.01166 (14) | |
N3 | 0.63981 (13) | 0.46856 (6) | 0.51925 (4) | 0.01316 (15) | |
H3N | 0.665 (2) | 0.5094 (11) | 0.4900 (7) | 0.016* | |
C1 | 0.66331 (18) | 0.43149 (9) | 0.84503 (5) | 0.0225 (2) | |
H1A | 0.6032 | 0.3714 | 0.8511 | 0.034* | |
H1B | 0.6519 | 0.4699 | 0.8831 | 0.034* | |
H1C | 0.7862 | 0.4197 | 0.8366 | 0.034* | |
C2 | 0.61124 (13) | 0.44220 (7) | 0.73573 (4) | 0.01164 (15) | |
C3 | 0.51657 (13) | 0.49959 (7) | 0.68598 (4) | 0.01065 (15) | |
H3 | 0.5592 | 0.5660 | 0.6876 | 0.013* | |
C4 | 0.32033 (13) | 0.49892 (7) | 0.69888 (4) | 0.01355 (16) | |
H4A | 0.2779 | 0.4334 | 0.6954 | 0.016* | |
H4B | 0.3005 | 0.5198 | 0.7427 | 0.016* | |
C5 | 0.21252 (14) | 0.56144 (7) | 0.65481 (5) | 0.01525 (17) | |
H5 | 0.2404 | 0.5437 | 0.6105 | 0.018* | |
C6 | 0.01921 (16) | 0.54251 (9) | 0.66614 (7) | 0.0256 (2) | |
H6A | −0.0103 | 0.5586 | 0.7096 | 0.038* | |
H6B | −0.0055 | 0.4758 | 0.6587 | 0.038* | |
H6C | −0.0499 | 0.5811 | 0.6374 | 0.038* | |
C7 | 0.25316 (14) | 0.66599 (7) | 0.66332 (5) | 0.01623 (18) | |
H7A | 0.1775 | 0.7033 | 0.6360 | 0.024* | |
H7B | 0.3744 | 0.6778 | 0.6522 | 0.024* | |
H7C | 0.2336 | 0.6839 | 0.7072 | 0.024* | |
C8 | 0.60582 (13) | 0.51301 (6) | 0.57593 (4) | 0.01072 (15) | |
C9 | 0.66760 (13) | 0.66107 (7) | 0.53418 (4) | 0.01203 (15) | |
C10 | 0.70649 (16) | 0.82125 (7) | 0.50644 (5) | 0.01594 (18) | |
H10A | 0.6129 | 0.8227 | 0.4747 | 0.019* | |
H10B | 0.8168 | 0.8061 | 0.4850 | 0.019* | |
C11 | 0.71972 (14) | 0.91503 (7) | 0.53912 (5) | 0.01436 (17) | |
C12 | 0.83270 (16) | 0.92721 (8) | 0.58972 (5) | 0.01901 (19) | |
H12 | 0.9022 | 0.8761 | 0.6036 | 0.023* | |
C13 | 0.84373 (17) | 1.01415 (9) | 0.61988 (6) | 0.0235 (2) | |
H13 | 0.9205 | 1.0221 | 0.6544 | 0.028* | |
C14 | 0.74245 (17) | 1.08929 (8) | 0.59950 (6) | 0.0243 (2) | |
H14 | 0.7502 | 1.1485 | 0.6201 | 0.029* | |
C15 | 0.63033 (17) | 1.07768 (7) | 0.54924 (6) | 0.0220 (2) | |
H15 | 0.5616 | 1.1290 | 0.5353 | 0.026* | |
C16 | 0.61826 (16) | 0.99065 (7) | 0.51914 (5) | 0.01785 (18) | |
H16 | 0.5406 | 0.9828 | 0.4849 | 0.021* | |
C17 | 0.61893 (14) | 0.37440 (7) | 0.50618 (5) | 0.01343 (16) | |
C18 | 0.63343 (15) | 0.26163 (7) | 0.42515 (5) | 0.01528 (18) | |
H18A | 0.5126 | 0.2412 | 0.4326 | 0.018* | |
H18B | 0.7119 | 0.2194 | 0.4489 | 0.018* | |
C19 | 0.67470 (14) | 0.25779 (6) | 0.35627 (4) | 0.01216 (15) | |
C20 | 0.55057 (14) | 0.22770 (7) | 0.31311 (5) | 0.01544 (17) | |
H20 | 0.4373 | 0.2120 | 0.3270 | 0.019* | |
C21 | 0.59258 (16) | 0.22057 (8) | 0.24956 (5) | 0.0188 (2) | |
H21 | 0.5084 | 0.1988 | 0.2204 | 0.023* | |
C22 | 0.75696 (16) | 0.24510 (8) | 0.22862 (5) | 0.0190 (2) | |
H22 | 0.7849 | 0.2410 | 0.1852 | 0.023* | |
C23 | 0.88041 (15) | 0.27570 (7) | 0.27170 (5) | 0.01767 (18) | |
H23 | 0.9928 | 0.2928 | 0.2576 | 0.021* | |
C24 | 0.84025 (14) | 0.28140 (7) | 0.33530 (5) | 0.01503 (17) | |
H24 | 0.9257 | 0.3014 | 0.3645 | 0.018* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0276 (4) | 0.0184 (3) | 0.0095 (3) | 0.0087 (3) | −0.0024 (3) | −0.0005 (3) |
O2 | 0.0190 (4) | 0.0179 (3) | 0.0170 (3) | 0.0076 (3) | 0.0007 (3) | 0.0004 (3) |
O3 | 0.0251 (4) | 0.0083 (3) | 0.0122 (3) | −0.0017 (3) | 0.0044 (3) | 0.0002 (2) |
O4 | 0.0303 (4) | 0.0128 (3) | 0.0120 (3) | −0.0029 (3) | 0.0067 (3) | −0.0006 (2) |
O5 | 0.0370 (5) | 0.0108 (3) | 0.0137 (3) | −0.0018 (3) | 0.0072 (3) | −0.0001 (3) |
O6 | 0.0222 (4) | 0.0101 (3) | 0.0107 (3) | −0.0015 (3) | 0.0039 (3) | −0.0022 (2) |
N1 | 0.0194 (4) | 0.0083 (3) | 0.0095 (3) | −0.0002 (3) | 0.0026 (3) | −0.0005 (2) |
N2 | 0.0163 (4) | 0.0084 (3) | 0.0103 (3) | −0.0011 (3) | 0.0016 (3) | 0.0001 (2) |
N3 | 0.0209 (4) | 0.0087 (3) | 0.0099 (3) | −0.0009 (3) | 0.0035 (3) | −0.0003 (2) |
C1 | 0.0282 (6) | 0.0277 (5) | 0.0115 (4) | 0.0081 (5) | −0.0040 (4) | 0.0028 (4) |
C2 | 0.0121 (4) | 0.0126 (4) | 0.0103 (3) | −0.0008 (3) | 0.0002 (3) | 0.0011 (3) |
C3 | 0.0141 (4) | 0.0096 (3) | 0.0083 (3) | 0.0009 (3) | 0.0012 (3) | 0.0000 (3) |
C4 | 0.0127 (4) | 0.0144 (4) | 0.0136 (4) | 0.0011 (3) | 0.0005 (3) | 0.0016 (3) |
C5 | 0.0156 (4) | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0154 (4) | 0.0030 (3) | −0.0035 (3) | −0.0015 (3) |
C6 | 0.0152 (5) | 0.0239 (5) | 0.0377 (7) | 0.0013 (4) | −0.0054 (5) | −0.0014 (5) |
C7 | 0.0177 (5) | 0.0139 (4) | 0.0171 (4) | 0.0043 (3) | −0.0029 (3) | −0.0012 (3) |
C8 | 0.0124 (4) | 0.0105 (3) | 0.0092 (3) | 0.0006 (3) | 0.0005 (3) | −0.0004 (3) |
C9 | 0.0128 (4) | 0.0100 (3) | 0.0132 (4) | −0.0004 (3) | 0.0006 (3) | 0.0002 (3) |
C10 | 0.0252 (5) | 0.0099 (4) | 0.0127 (4) | −0.0022 (3) | 0.0047 (4) | 0.0019 (3) |
C11 | 0.0193 (4) | 0.0094 (3) | 0.0144 (4) | −0.0018 (3) | 0.0053 (3) | 0.0004 (3) |
C12 | 0.0218 (5) | 0.0158 (4) | 0.0195 (4) | −0.0004 (4) | 0.0029 (4) | −0.0013 (4) |
C13 | 0.0238 (5) | 0.0228 (5) | 0.0239 (5) | −0.0051 (4) | 0.0040 (4) | −0.0084 (4) |
C14 | 0.0280 (6) | 0.0147 (4) | 0.0302 (6) | −0.0059 (4) | 0.0126 (5) | −0.0070 (4) |
C15 | 0.0289 (6) | 0.0111 (4) | 0.0259 (5) | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0118 (4) | 0.0016 (4) |
C16 | 0.0223 (5) | 0.0137 (4) | 0.0175 (4) | 0.0019 (4) | 0.0059 (4) | 0.0024 (3) |
C17 | 0.0180 (4) | 0.0108 (4) | 0.0115 (4) | 0.0009 (3) | 0.0024 (3) | −0.0022 (3) |
C18 | 0.0231 (5) | 0.0096 (4) | 0.0132 (4) | −0.0026 (3) | 0.0042 (3) | −0.0027 (3) |
C19 | 0.0155 (4) | 0.0097 (3) | 0.0113 (3) | 0.0005 (3) | 0.0013 (3) | −0.0017 (3) |
C20 | 0.0140 (4) | 0.0146 (4) | 0.0178 (4) | 0.0018 (3) | −0.0006 (3) | −0.0039 (3) |
C21 | 0.0219 (5) | 0.0186 (4) | 0.0158 (4) | 0.0056 (4) | −0.0070 (4) | −0.0041 (4) |
C22 | 0.0287 (6) | 0.0165 (4) | 0.0118 (4) | 0.0045 (4) | 0.0010 (4) | 0.0008 (3) |
C23 | 0.0199 (5) | 0.0169 (4) | 0.0163 (4) | −0.0009 (4) | 0.0045 (4) | 0.0015 (3) |
C24 | 0.0163 (4) | 0.0150 (4) | 0.0138 (4) | −0.0025 (3) | 0.0005 (3) | −0.0005 (3) |
O1—C2 | 1.3369 (12) | C7—H7A | 0.9800 |
O1—C1 | 1.4488 (13) | C7—H7B | 0.9800 |
O2—C2 | 1.2037 (12) | C7—H7C | 0.9800 |
O3—C9 | 1.3546 (12) | C10—C11 | 1.5061 (14) |
O3—C10 | 1.4462 (12) | C10—H10A | 0.9900 |
O4—C9 | 1.2321 (12) | C10—H10B | 0.9900 |
O5—C17 | 1.2147 (12) | C11—C16 | 1.3958 (15) |
O6—C17 | 1.3377 (12) | C11—C12 | 1.3966 (16) |
O6—C18 | 1.4626 (12) | C12—C13 | 1.3943 (16) |
N1—C8 | 1.3326 (12) | C12—H12 | 0.9500 |
N1—C3 | 1.4550 (12) | C13—C14 | 1.3923 (19) |
N1—H1N | 0.849 (16) | C13—H13 | 0.9500 |
N2—C8 | 1.3225 (12) | C14—C15 | 1.386 (2) |
N2—C9 | 1.3628 (12) | C14—H14 | 0.9500 |
N3—C17 | 1.3756 (12) | C15—C16 | 1.3954 (15) |
N3—C8 | 1.3864 (12) | C15—H15 | 0.9500 |
N3—H3N | 0.873 (16) | C16—H16 | 0.9500 |
C1—H1A | 0.9800 | C18—C19 | 1.5011 (14) |
C1—H1B | 0.9800 | C18—H18A | 0.9900 |
C1—H1C | 0.9800 | C18—H18B | 0.9900 |
C2—C3 | 1.5230 (13) | C19—C20 | 1.3944 (14) |
C3—C4 | 1.5397 (14) | C19—C24 | 1.3947 (15) |
C3—H3 | 1.0000 | C20—C21 | 1.3944 (16) |
C4—C5 | 1.5366 (14) | C20—H20 | 0.9500 |
C4—H4A | 0.9900 | C21—C22 | 1.3895 (18) |
C4—H4B | 0.9900 | C21—H21 | 0.9500 |
C5—C7 | 1.5286 (15) | C22—C23 | 1.3920 (17) |
C5—C6 | 1.5355 (17) | C22—H22 | 0.9500 |
C5—H5 | 1.0000 | C23—C24 | 1.3910 (15) |
C6—H6A | 0.9800 | C23—H23 | 0.9500 |
C6—H6B | 0.9800 | C24—H24 | 0.9500 |
C6—H6C | 0.9800 | ||
C2—O1—C1 | 116.17 (8) | O4—C9—N2 | 130.27 (9) |
C9—O3—C10 | 115.54 (8) | O3—C9—N2 | 108.40 (8) |
C17—O6—C18 | 114.50 (8) | O3—C10—C11 | 107.12 (8) |
C8—N1—C3 | 122.83 (8) | O3—C10—H10A | 110.3 |
C8—N1—H1N | 118.5 (11) | C11—C10—H10A | 110.3 |
C3—N1—H1N | 118.6 (11) | O3—C10—H10B | 110.3 |
C8—N2—C9 | 120.56 (8) | C11—C10—H10B | 110.3 |
C17—N3—C8 | 126.62 (8) | H10A—C10—H10B | 108.5 |
C17—N3—H3N | 121.8 (10) | C16—C11—C12 | 119.34 (10) |
C8—N3—H3N | 111.1 (10) | C16—C11—C10 | 120.13 (10) |
O1—C1—H1A | 109.5 | C12—C11—C10 | 120.53 (10) |
O1—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C13—C12—C11 | 120.18 (11) |
H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C13—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
O1—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.9 |
H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C14—C13—C12 | 120.09 (12) |
H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C14—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
O2—C2—O1 | 124.94 (9) | C12—C13—H13 | 120.0 |
O2—C2—C3 | 125.25 (9) | C15—C14—C13 | 119.99 (11) |
O1—C2—C3 | 109.80 (8) | C15—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
N1—C3—C2 | 108.37 (8) | C13—C14—H14 | 120.0 |
N1—C3—C4 | 111.68 (8) | C14—C15—C16 | 120.10 (11) |
C2—C3—C4 | 110.18 (8) | C14—C15—H15 | 120.0 |
N1—C3—H3 | 108.9 | C16—C15—H15 | 120.0 |
C2—C3—H3 | 108.9 | C15—C16—C11 | 120.30 (11) |
C4—C3—H3 | 108.9 | C15—C16—H16 | 119.9 |
C5—C4—C3 | 114.87 (8) | C11—C16—H16 | 119.9 |
C5—C4—H4A | 108.5 | O5—C17—O6 | 124.96 (9) |
C3—C4—H4A | 108.5 | O5—C17—N3 | 125.94 (9) |
C5—C4—H4B | 108.5 | O6—C17—N3 | 109.10 (8) |
C3—C4—H4B | 108.5 | O6—C18—C19 | 107.47 (8) |
H4A—C4—H4B | 107.5 | O6—C18—H18A | 110.2 |
C7—C5—C6 | 110.55 (9) | C19—C18—H18A | 110.2 |
C7—C5—C4 | 112.21 (8) | O6—C18—H18B | 110.2 |
C6—C5—C4 | 109.24 (9) | C19—C18—H18B | 110.2 |
C7—C5—H5 | 108.2 | H18A—C18—H18B | 108.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 108.2 | C20—C19—C24 | 119.53 (9) |
C4—C5—H5 | 108.2 | C20—C19—C18 | 120.56 (9) |
C5—C6—H6A | 109.5 | C24—C19—C18 | 119.88 (9) |
C5—C6—H6B | 109.5 | C19—C20—C21 | 120.08 (10) |
H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 | C19—C20—H20 | 120.0 |
C5—C6—H6C | 109.5 | C21—C20—H20 | 120.0 |
H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 | C22—C21—C20 | 120.35 (10) |
H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 | C22—C21—H21 | 119.8 |
C5—C7—H7A | 109.5 | C20—C21—H21 | 119.8 |
C5—C7—H7B | 109.5 | C21—C22—C23 | 119.50 (10) |
H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 | C21—C22—H22 | 120.2 |
C5—C7—H7C | 109.5 | C23—C22—H22 | 120.2 |
H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 | C24—C23—C22 | 120.42 (11) |
H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 | C24—C23—H23 | 119.8 |
N2—C8—N1 | 119.24 (8) | C22—C23—H23 | 119.8 |
N2—C8—N3 | 122.53 (8) | C23—C24—C19 | 120.10 (10) |
N1—C8—N3 | 118.24 (8) | C23—C24—H24 | 119.9 |
O4—C9—O3 | 121.32 (9) | C19—C24—H24 | 119.9 |
C1—O1—C2—O2 | −1.94 (16) | O3—C10—C11—C12 | 54.29 (13) |
C1—O1—C2—C3 | 177.18 (9) | C16—C11—C12—C13 | 0.00 (16) |
C8—N1—C3—C2 | −132.15 (10) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | −179.77 (10) |
C8—N1—C3—C4 | 106.31 (11) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | −0.20 (18) |
O2—C2—C3—N1 | −5.64 (14) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | 0.08 (18) |
O1—C2—C3—N1 | 175.24 (8) | C13—C14—C15—C16 | 0.24 (18) |
O2—C2—C3—C4 | 116.82 (11) | C14—C15—C16—C11 | −0.45 (17) |
O1—C2—C3—C4 | −62.30 (11) | C12—C11—C16—C15 | 0.33 (16) |
N1—C3—C4—C5 | −64.38 (11) | C10—C11—C16—C15 | −179.91 (10) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 175.13 (8) | C18—O6—C17—O5 | 2.47 (16) |
C3—C4—C5—C7 | −65.68 (11) | C18—O6—C17—N3 | −177.91 (9) |
C3—C4—C5—C6 | 171.35 (9) | C8—N3—C17—O5 | −3.52 (19) |
C9—N2—C8—N1 | −178.87 (9) | C8—N3—C17—O6 | 176.87 (10) |
C9—N2—C8—N3 | 1.53 (15) | C17—O6—C18—C19 | 177.95 (9) |
C3—N1—C8—N2 | 1.03 (15) | O6—C18—C19—C20 | −120.63 (10) |
C3—N1—C8—N3 | −179.35 (9) | O6—C18—C19—C24 | 61.55 (12) |
C17—N3—C8—N2 | −176.29 (10) | C24—C19—C20—C21 | 0.56 (15) |
C17—N3—C8—N1 | 4.11 (16) | C18—C19—C20—C21 | −177.26 (9) |
C10—O3—C9—O4 | 2.71 (15) | C19—C20—C21—C22 | −1.28 (16) |
C10—O3—C9—N2 | −176.60 (9) | C20—C21—C22—C23 | 0.85 (16) |
C8—N2—C9—O4 | −0.78 (18) | C21—C22—C23—C24 | 0.28 (16) |
C8—N2—C9—O3 | 178.44 (9) | C22—C23—C24—C19 | −0.99 (16) |
C9—O3—C10—C11 | −174.34 (9) | C20—C19—C24—C23 | 0.56 (15) |
O3—C10—C11—C16 | −125.47 (10) | C18—C19—C24—C23 | 178.40 (9) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O5 | 0.849 (16) | 2.051 (16) | 2.7047 (11) | 133.3 (14) |
N3—H3N···O4 | 0.873 (16) | 1.898 (16) | 2.6306 (11) | 140.4 (14) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C24H29N3O6 |
Mr | 455.50 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, P212121 |
Temperature (K) | 90 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.7203 (5), 14.2043 (10), 21.280 (2) |
V (Å3) | 2333.6 (3) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.09 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.30 × 0.28 × 0.15 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius KappaCCD (with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream cooler) |
Absorption correction | – |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 43001, 10411, 9219 |
Rint | 0.056 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.829 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.043, 0.101, 1.02 |
No. of reflections | 10411 |
No. of parameters | 307 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.33, −0.28 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 4545 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.2 (5) |
Computer programs: COLLECT (Nonius, 2000), DENZO and SCALEPACK (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N1—H1N···O5 | 0.849 (16) | 2.051 (16) | 2.7047 (11) | 133.3 (14) |
N3—H3N···O4 | 0.873 (16) | 1.898 (16) | 2.6306 (11) | 140.4 (14) |
Molecules used as drugs frequently contain heterocyclic subunits, and substituted guanidine or amidine compounds are very important intermediates in the synthesis of many heterocyclic compounds. However, substituted guanidines and amidine compounds themselves can be difficult to synthesize. Thus, synthesis of substituted guanidines is important and interesting. One possible route to these compounds is to use 1,3-bis(benzyloxycarbonyl)-2-methyl-2-thiopseudourea, which has a good leaving group and L-leucine methyl ester hydrochloride, which is a good nucleophile. Reaction of these starting materials led to successful synthesis of the chiral title compound, which was confirmed by crystal structure determination.
The structure, shown in Figure 1, has a guanidine at its core. The three C—N distances of the guanidine vary from 1.3225 (12) to 1.3864 (12) Å, with the shortest being the formal double bond to the unprotonated N atom N2 and the longest being to the other carbamate N atom N3. These values are in good agreement with those seen in 1,2-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-3-phenylguanidine, (Travlos & White, 1994), in which the length pattern is the same and the range of lengths is 1.309 (3) to 1.388 (4) Å. In N,N',N''-tris(t-butoxycarbonyl)guanidine (Feichtinger et al., 1998; space group corrected by Marsh, 2002), the C═N and C—NH groups are disordered, and the C—N distance is 1.343 Å. In the title compound, the two N—H groups form intramolecular hydrogen bonds with graph set (Etter, 1990) S(6). The hydrogen bonding leads to a fairly planar central C3N3O4 portion of the molecule, which has a mean deviation 0.019 Å from coplanarity and a maximum deviation 0.0533 (10) Å for N3.
The lone stereocenter is carbon C3, with (S) configuration, as known from starting material L-leucine. Absolute configuration determination based on resonant scattering of the light atoms in Mo Kα radiation was possible for this structure, on account of the excellent quality of the crystal, the fact that it is relatively rich in O and N, the high resolution of the data, and the completeness of the set of 4545 Bijvoet pairs, which were kept separate in the refinement. While the Flack (1983) parameter is unconvincing, with a value of 0.2 (5), the Hooft et al. (2008) parameter y = 0.0 (2) has a much smaller uncertainty, and the Hooft P2(true) value is 1.000. A number of oxygen-rich compounds producing Mo data sets of similar high quality have been shown to yield similarly reliable absolute-structure results, agreeing with the known configurations (Fronczek, 2010; Lutz & van Krieken, 2010; Thompson et al., 2008).