The Crystal Structure of Anhydrous Xanthosine Displays Intramolecular O(2′)H ... O(3′) Hydrogen Bond
Abstract From an equimolar dipeptide/xanthosine mixture in water/methanol, only the nucleoside crystallized in anhydrous form, space group P212121 with a = 17.406 (5) Å, b = 12.378 (4), c = 5.350 (2) Å, Z = 4, C10H12O6N4, FW = 284.26, Dx = 1.639 g · cm-3. The structure was determined by direct methods on the basis of 984 X-ray data and refined to an agreement index of R = 3.9%. Xanthosine occurs in the syn conformation with χ = -132.7° which is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond N (3) - H ... O(5′). The pseudorotation parameters for sugar puckering are P = 156° and τm = 38.7° corresponding to C(2′)-endo form. The crystal packing of xanthosine in anhydrous and dihydrate modifications are very different, yet the molecular conformations are similar. In the anhydrous form, an unusual intramolecular hydrogen bond O (2′) - H ... O(3′) is observed.