X-ray crystal structure of woodinine and conformational analysis by semiempirical and H-1-NMR methods

Mahboobi, Siavosh and Dove, S. and Bednarski, P. J. and Kuhr, S. and Burgemeister, T. and Schollmeyer, D. (1997) X-ray crystal structure of woodinine and conformational analysis by semiempirical and H-1-NMR methods. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 60 (6). pp. 587-591. ISSN 0163-3864, 1520-6025

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Abstract

The molecular structure of (-)-woodinine (1), a carboline-based alkaloid with antibacterial and antimycobacterial activities, was investigated by X-ray crystallographic, NMR, and semiempirical quantum chemical methods. Compound 1 was prepared by reacting 5-bromotryptamine and (S)-(-)-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxyaldehyde in a Pictet-Spengler-type reaction. The debrominated analogue of 1 was methylated at the indole nitrogen with methyl methane sulfonate after deprotonation with n-BuLi. The X-ray crystal structure of 1 showed the indole ring in the expected planar conformation, the pyrrolidine ring in an envelope conformation, and a weak intramolecular hydrogen bond between the pyrrolidine nitrogen and the proton of the indole nitrogen. NMR experiments indicated that this hydrogen bond is not present in solution and that further differences exist between the crystal and the solution structures of 1. By semiempirical quantum chemical methods, different local energy minimum conformations of 1, resulting from inversions within the piperideine moiety and from rotation of the pyrrolidine ring, were calculated. The totality of all NOE signals can only be explained to originate from a population of some of these conformers, and additionally from different envelope and twisted conformations of the pyrrolidine ring.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ASCIDIAN RITTERELLA-SIGILLINOIDES; EUDISTOMIN-K
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
600 Technology > 615 Pharmacy
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institute of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry I (Prof. Elz)
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Organische Chemie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 22 Dec 2023 07:23
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2023 07:23
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/50794

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