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Michał K Cyrański

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PubMed2006

Crystal structure and solid-state 13C NMR analysis of N-o-, N-m- and N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosylamines, and their N-acetyl derivatives.

The X-ray diffraction analysis of N-o-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosylamine (1), N-m-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosylamines, N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosylamines, and their N-acetyl derivatives was performed. The sugar moieties always adopt (4)C1 conformations, however, due to crystal packing forces they are always slightly distorted. It was found that except N-acetyl, N-m-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosylamine (5), none of the glucopyranosylamines studied in this paper form strong hydrogen bonds in the crystal lattice. Additionally, (5) crystallizes with a molecule of water, which occupies a special crystallographic position (on the twofold axis) and links two sugar molecules by hydrogen bonds. The CP MAS NMR spectra confirmed the presence of the intermolecular hydrogen bond involving the molecule of water in (5). Moreover, it was proved that in (1) an intramolecular hydrogen bond is formed between the glycosidic linkage and the nitro group.

Acetylation↗
PubMed2006

Super-delocalized valence isomer of coronene.

Coronene (1) has been proposed to be "superaromatic", but energetic, geometric, and magnetic criteria of global and local aromaticity fail to support this proposal, and indeed, the calculated current-density map shows opposition of currents: diatropic on the 18-carbon rim and paratropic on the 6-carbon hub. However, [7,5,7,5,7,5]-isocoronene (2) ([7,5,7,5,7,5:6]-circulene, or isocoronene, for short), which is a valence isomer in which alternate pentagons and heptagons replace the hexagons surrounding the central ring, is predicted to have a single, unopposed, intense diatropic perimeter current arising from its four pi HOMO electrons, such as in the ipsocentric description of classically aromatic [4n + 2]-annulenes, hence, qualifying 2 as superaromatic on the magnetic criterion. This conclusion is in excellent agreement with anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (359 cgs-ppm for isocoronene vs 247 cgs-ppm for coronene) and exaltation of magnetic susceptibility (isocoronene exceeds coronene by 51.4 cgs-ppm). Central and perimeter bond lengths suggest an increased aromaticity of isocoronene. In contrast, the energetic criterion shows that isocoronene is destabilized with respect to coronene by ca. 105 kcal/mol of which only ca. 30 kcal/mol can be attributed to differential strain.

Anisotropy↗
PubMed2005

Crystal structure and solid-state 13C NMR analysis of N-p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-ribopyranosylamine, N-p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-xylopyranosylamine, and solid-state 13C NMR analysis of N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-lyxopyranosylamine and N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-alpha-L-arabinopyranosylamine.

The X-ray diffraction analysis of N-p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-ribopyranosylamine (1) and N-p-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-xylopyranosylamine (2) was performed. It was found that an independent part of the unit cell of compound 1 is formed by three molecules of sugar whereas the crystals of compound 2 have one molecule in the independent part of the crystal unit cell. Additionally, 1 crystallizes with one molecule of water. The solvent molecule forms an extensive hydrogen bond network with the hydroxyl groups of the sugar, and this efficiently stabilizes the crystal lattice. Contrary to 2, the sugar moieties of 1 adopt the 1C4 conformation. In the spectra of 2, N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-lyxopyranosylamine and N-p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-alpha-L-arabinopyranosylamine the number of resonances does not exceed the number of carbon atoms in the molecules, thus indicating no polymorphism. In the spectrum of (1) the signals are split, confirming the presence of three independent molecules in the crystal unit cell.

Arabinose↗
PubMed2005

Crystal structure and solid state 13C NMR analysis of nitrophenyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-gluco- and D-galactopyranosides.

The X-ray diffraction analysis of o-nitrophenyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (1), m-nitrophenyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside, p-nitrophenyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside and o-nitrophenyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside was performed. It was found that except in the case of 1, all other crystals have one molecule in the independent part of the crystal unit cell. The results support the opinion that the nitro group does not conjugate effectively with the phenyl ring. In the 13C CP MAS spectrum of 1 the signals are split, confirming the presence of two independent molecules. Similarly, the 13C CP MAS NMR spectrum of p-nitrophenyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside indicated the presence of two non-equivalent molecules in the crystal unit. One of these molecules has more conformational freedom enabling rotation of the phenyl ring.

Acetylation↗
PubMed2004

Relation between the substituent effect and aromaticity.

Molecular geometries of benzene and its 18 monosubstituted derivatives were optimized at B3LYP/6-311+G** level of theory. The changes of pi-electron delocalization of the benzene fragment were estimated by use of aromatic stabilization energies (ASE) based on different homodesmotic reaction schemes, geometry-based HOMA model, magnetism-based NICS, NICS(1), NICS(1)zz, and an electronic delocalization index, PDI, derived from the AIM theory. Apart from aromatic stabilization energies the other descriptors of aromaticity vary to a very small extent, indicating high resistance of the pi-electron structure to the substituent effect. This is somewhat analogous to a tendency of benzene systems to retain their initial pi-electron structure during the reaction course that leads to aromatic substitution.

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PubMed2004

Bond energy, aromatic stabilization energy and strain in IPR fullerenes.

Various models applied to DFT structures and energies of 2-D and 3-D aromatic molecules shed new light on the effects of strain and aromaticity in these systems. The cyclic pi electron delocalisation does not stabilize the fullerene C60 formation; and 5-6 and 6-6 CC bonds have near-identical bond stretch potentials.

Fullerenes↗
PubMed2003

On the aromatic character of the heterocyclic bases of DNA and RNA.

Studies based on ab initio optimized geometries (at B3LYP/6-311+G** and MP2/6-311+G** levels) and on experimental structures retrieved from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) reveal that the nucleobases constituting DNA and RNA differ significantly in their aromatic character, as shown by the geometry-based index of aromaticity HOMA that ranges from 0.466 for thymine to 0.917 for adenine, based on B3LYP/6-311+G** calculations, and 0.495-0.926, respectively, if based on the MP2/6-311+G** level. Aromaticity of the bases decreases markedly with an increase of the number of double-bond C=X (X = N, O) substituents at the rings. H-bonds involving C=O groups in Watson-Crick pairs cause an increase of the aromatic character of the rings.

Adenine↗
PubMed2002

Extent of cyclic pi-electron delocalization modification in exocyclically substituted fulvenes.

Fulvene derivatives, 20 mono- and 14 di-exocyclically substituted, were optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G level of theory. Aromaticity indices include aromatic stabilization energy (ASE), Schleyer's Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift (NICS), (3)He chemical shifts, anisotropy and exaltation of magnetic susceptibility, and the Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity (HOMA), which is a geometry-based descriptor. These indices were used to estimate the extent of a cyclic pi-electron delocalization due to the substituent effect. A dramatic variation of these indices was found, indicating great sensitivity of the pi-electron structure of the ring. Except for anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, all other indices exhibited perfect equivalence.

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