Crystal structures of five 6-mercaptopurine derivatives

• Main Authors: Lígia R. Gomes, John Nicolson Low, Diogo Magalhães e Silva, Fernando Cagide, Fernanda Borges
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2016-03-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
• Subjects: crystal structure; mercaptopurines; supramolecular structure
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989016001833

The crystal structures of five 6-mercaptopurine derivatives, viz. 2-[(9-acetyl-9H-purin-6-yl)sulfanyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one (1), C16H14N4O3S, 2-[(9-acetyl-9H-purin-6-yl)sulfanyl]-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one (2), C16H14N4O3S, 2-[(9-acetyl-9H-purin-6-yl)sulfanyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethan-1-one (3), C15H11ClN4O2S, 2-[(9-acetyl-9H-purin-6-yl)sulfanyl]-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethan-1-one (4), C15H11BrN4O2S, and 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-[(9H-purin-6-yl)sulfanyl]ethan-1-one (5), C14H12N4O2S. Compounds (2), (3) and (4) are isomorphous and accordingly their molecular and supramolecular structures are similar. An analysis of the dihedral angles between the purine and exocyclic phenyl rings show that the molecules of (1) and (5) are essentially planar but that in the case of the three isomorphous compounds (2), (3) and (4), these rings are twisted by a dihedral angle of approximately 38°. With the exception of (1) all molecules are linked by weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds in their crystals. There is π–π stacking in all compounds. A Cambridge Structural Database search revealed the existence of 11 deposited compounds containing the 1-phenyl-2-sulfanylethanone scaffold; of these, only eight have a cyclic ring as substituent, the majority of these being heterocycles.