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. 1987 Jun 25;15(12):4945–4955. doi: 10.1093/nar/15.12.4945

Absolute configuration of Rp-uridine 3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate.

W Hinrichs, M Steifa, W Saenger, F Eckstein
PMCID: PMC305929  PMID: 3601660

Abstract

Triethylammonium uridine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate crystallizes in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 7.177(1), b = 13.155(6), c = 21.114(7) A, C15H26N3O7PS, MW 423.4, Z = 4, dx = 1.41g/cm3. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods on the basis of 1493 counter X-ray diffraction data (CuK alpha) and refined to R = 5.1%. The configuration of the thiophosphate group is Rp; conformational parameters are: glycosyl torsion angle anti, -151.9(5) degrees, sugar pucker C(3')-endo with P = 27.3 degrees, vmax = 45.5 degrees, six-membered cycle in chair form. The bond distances in the non-esterified P-S and P-O suggest that the negative charge is distributed between the groups. As illustrated in this and other studies, P-O has a much higher affinity for hydrogen bonds than P-S, indicated here by interactions with triethyl-ammonium N-H and O(2')-H as donors. One additional hydrogen bond N(3)-H---0(4) ties the bases which form a ribbon-like structure. 0(2) and S are not engaged in hydrogen bonds. The triethylammonium ion is two-fold disordered.

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