The Electronic Nature of the Aglycone dictates the Drive of the Pseudorotational Equilibrium of the Pentofuranose Moiety in C-Nucleosides |
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Authors: | Ingrid Luyten Jasenka Matulic-Adamic Leo Beigelman Jyoti Chattopadhyaya |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Bioorganic Chemistry , University of Uppsala , Box 581, Biomedical Centre, S-751 23 , Uppsala , Sweden;2. Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc , 2950 Wilderness Place, Boulder , Colorado , 80301 , U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Abstract We herein show for the first time that the specific electronic character of a C-aglycone dictates the thermodynamic preference of the two-state N ? S pseudorotational equilibrium to either N- or S-type sugar. As the electron-deficiency of the C-aglycone increases, a more favourable O4′(n) → σ*(Cl'-C(sp2)) interaction results into anomeric stabilization as indicated by more positive ΔH° for the drive of the N ? S equilibrium to more N-type sugar conformation with pseudoaxial aglycone. Alternatively, as the C-aglycone becomes more electron-rich, an unfavourable O4′(n) → σ*(Cl'-C(sp2)) interaction results into anomeric destabilization as indicated by more negative ΔH° for the drive of the N ? S equilibrium to more S-type sugar conformation with pseudoequatorial aglycone. |
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