Exocyclic orientations

If the medium is sufficiently basic to generate the arabident anion 31. mixtures of products resulting from N-nng and N-exocyclic reactivity are observed. Here again steric effects can preferentially orient the whole reaction toward one of the two nitrogens. A general study clearly delineating the rules of behavior for 31 accordine to the nature of R. the... 

The successful implementation of this strategy is shown in Scheme 4. In the central double cyclization step, the combined action of palladium(n) acetate (10 mol %), triphenylphosphine (20 mol %), and silver carbonate (2 equiv.) on trienyl iodide 16 in refluxing THF results in the formation of tricycle 20 (ca. 83 % yield). Compound 20 is the only product formed in this spectacular transformation. It is noteworthy that the stereochemical course of the initial insertion (see 17—>18) is guided by an equatorially disposed /-butyldimethylsilyl ether at C-6 in a transition state having a preferred eclipsed orientation of the C-Pd a bond and the exocyclic double bond (see 17). Insertion of the trisubstituted cycloheptene double bond into the C-Pd bond in 18 then gives a new organopal-... 

C13HuC1N307 2,2 -Anhydro-[5-chloro-l-(3,5-di-0-acetyl-/ -D-arabino-furanosyl)-6-oxocytosine] (ACAFCC)166 I4t Z — 8 D = 1.56 R = 0.066 for 818 intensities. The glycosyl disposition of the anhydronucleoside is constrained to the syn (— 68.8°) orientation. The conformation of the D-arabinofuranosyl group is a flattened 4E (232.6°, 18.0°), and the exocyclic, C-4 -C-5 bond torsion-angle is g auche+ (50.2°). The adjacent bases are connected by N-H O hydrogen-bonds between the N-4 atom of one molecule and the carbonyl oxygen atom (0-4) of another. The twofold-symmetry-related bases are stacked, with an interbase separation of 329 pm. 

P2j Z = 2 D = 1.57 R = 0.048 for 931 intensities. The base exists in the thioxo form, with C-8=S and N-7 protonated. The 8-thio substituent causes the base to assume the syn (—102.6°) orientation. The o-ribosyl group is 2T3 (174.8 °, 44.1 °). The exocyclic, C-4 -C-5 bond orientation is trans (—173.2°). This does not favor intramolecular hydrogen-bonding of 0-5 to N-3 of the syn base. The C=S distance is 166.8 pm. The S atom is involved in a weak, acceptor hydrogen-bond to a water molecule, S H-O(w) = 361 pm. The bases are stacked head-to-tail, with overlap of the C=S bonds and the purine ring, in contrast to the known, related structure l-/ -D-ribofuranosyl-2-thioxo-3ff-benzimidazole,197 where similar head-to-tail stacking of the bases involves overlap of the base rings only. 

The orientation about the exocyclic, C-4 - C-5 bond is gauche + (53.9 °). C10HuN2O6 2 -Deoxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)uridine (HMDOUR)199... 

Ci0HuN5O10P2- C4H12N03+ 2 H20 Adenosine 5 -[tris(hydroxy-methyl)methylammonium diphosphate], dihydrate (HMADPH)203 P2i Z = 2 Dx = 1.65 R = 0.047 for 1,624 reflections. The disposition of the base is anti (75.5°). The D-ribosyl group is T (183.0°, 35.4°) and the orientation about the exocyclic, C-4 - C-5 bond is gauche + (53.7 °). These features are similar to those of the favored conformations adopted by the nucleotide monophosphates. The pyrophosphate chain displays... 

P212121 Z — 8 Dx= 1.57 R = 0.085 for 1,743 intensities. The two independent molecules have similar conformations. The glycosyl dispositions are anti (90.1°, 91.2°), and the D-ribosyl groups are 3T4 (24.0°, 34.1° 15.6°, 35.5°). The exocyclic, C-4 -C-5 bond orientations are gauche+ (63.1°, 53.8°). The orientation of the methyl groups in both molecules is such that it is directed away from the imidazole moiety of the base, that is, the 0-6-C-7 bond is trans to the C-5-C-6 bond this arrangement constitutes an obstacle to formation of Watson-Crick hydrogen-bonds to the complementary base cytosine. In molecule A, 0-6 and C-7 are displaced from the purine plane by 79 and 87 pm, and, in molecule B, by 49 and 16 pm. The bases are stacked. 

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