N-PHOSPHORYL AMINO ACIDS AND PEPTIDES: PART I. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF N-(O,O-DIISOPROPYL PHOSPHORYL)-TRANS-4-HYDROXY-D,L-PROLINE

Abstract

The crystal and molecular structure of N-(O,O-diisopropyl phosphoryl)-trans-4-hydroxy-D,L-proline has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis and is compared with proline or hydroxyproline residue in a peptide chain described in the literature. The compound crystallized in orthorhombic system with space group P2₁2₁2₁, a=6.934(2), b=8.694(3), c=26.727(7) Å, V=1611.3(8) ų, Z=4, Dx=1.22 g/cm³. The structure was solved by direct method and refined by anisotropic least squares to a discrepancy index R=0.072. In the compound, the nitrogen atom is trigonal and its remaining 2p orbital is conjugated with the P?Oπ system; the conformation of the phosphorimidate function is favoured by the trans orientation of the P=O bond with respect to the N-C4 bond. In the pyrrolidine ring moeity, the C2-C1-N-C4 atoms are nearly copolnar and the C3 atom is out of the plane by about 0.47 Å.