organic compounds
1H-Benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione
aDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: rao_uppu@subr.edu
The structure of the title compound, C10H6N4O2, reported by Smalley et al. [(2021). Cryst. Growth Des. 22, 524–534] from powder diffraction data and 15N NMR spectroscopy, is confirmed using low-temperature data from a twinned crystal. The tautomer in the solid state is alloxazine (1H-benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione) rather than isoalloxazine (10H-benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione). In the extended structure, the molecules form hydrogen-bonded chains propagating in the [01] direction through alternating centrosymmetric R22(8) rings with pairwise N—H⋯O interactions and centrosymmetric R22(8) rings with pairwise N—H⋯N interactions. The crystal chosen for data collection was found to be a non-merohedral twin (180° rotation about [001]) in a 0.446 (4):0.554 (6) domain ratio.
Keywords: alloxazine; Isoalloxazine; crystal structure; tautomerism; hydrogen bonding.
CCDC reference: 2233313
Structure description
1H-Benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione, popularly known as alloxazine, is a tautomer of isoalloxazine (10H-benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione), the same ring system that is present in riboflavin, flavin (FMN and FAD), and Unlike nicotinamide coenzymes, NAD(P)+ and NAD(P)H, flavin serve in both one-electron and two-electron transfer reactions because the isoalloxazine ring can exist in several different ionization and/or redox states (Massey & Hemmerich, 1980). Further, the strong but mostly non-covalent interactions within the flavoprotein binding site allow the fine-tuning of the redox chemistry of the isoalloxazine ring system (Ghisla et al., 1974; Hu et al., 2015; van den Heuvel et al., 2002) which, among many things, helps in minimizing the 1-electron reduction of molecular oxygen to the superoxide It is believed that the spatial arrangement of the reacting oxygen molecule may have a direct bearing on the outcome of a flavoprotein serving as an oxidase or dehydrogenase function (Chaiyen et al., 2012), a process that can be mimicked in simple chemical model systems of phenazine reacting with NAD(P)H in micelle forming solutions (Nishikimi et al., 1972; Rao, 1989a,b; Uppu, 1995). While there have been several efforts to define flavin–protein interactions that have mainly capitalized on differences in the chemical reactivity of the protein-bound flavin, we were surprised to note that, except for one recent study by Smalley et al. (2022), there are hardly any studies of the of alloxazine itself.
In view of the above and since two-thirds of flavoprotein allelic variants are linked to human diseases (Lienhart et al. 2013), we determined the of alloxazine using a Bruker Kappa APEXII DUO diffractometer. Using low-temperature (90 K) data from twinned crystals, our results confirm the observations of Smalley et al. (2022), who used powder diffraction data along with 15N NMR spectroscopy. The tautomer in the solid state is alloxazine rather than isoalloxazine. The N-bound hydrogen atoms were located and their positions were refined in order to confirm the tautomer. The molecule, shown in Fig. 1 is nearly planar, with an r.m.s deviation for 16 non-hydrogen atoms of 0.015 Å and a maximum deviation of 0.025 (3) Å for C5.
The intermolecular hydrogen bonding (Table 1) is shown in Fig. 2. Atom N4 donates a hydrogen bond to N1, forming an R22(8) ring (Etter et al., 1990) about the inversion center at 0,1,½. Similarly, N3 donates a hydrogen bond to O2, forming a centrosymmetric R22(8) ring about 0,½,1. Thus, these two pairs of interactions combine to form a hydrogen-bonded chain propagating in the [01] direction. The planes of the N,N dimers related by the N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are offset by 0.915 (2) Å, as illustrated in Fig. 3.
Synthesis and crystallization
The title compound, C10H6N4O2 (alloxazine) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, USA and was used without further purification. Single crystals in the form of pale yellow plates were prepared by slow cooling of a nearly of alloxazine in dimethyl formamide at 135 ± 2°C
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . The crystal chosen for data collection was refined as a two-component non-merohedral twin, by 180° rotation about the reciprocal [001] direction. Both twin components were integrated. was against an HKLF 5 file prepared using TWINABS. The refined BASF parameter is 0.446 (4). Seven outlier reflections were omitted from the refinement.
details are summarized in Table 2Structural data
CCDC reference: 2233313
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314622012238/hb4421sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314622012238/hb4421Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314622012238/hb4421Isup3.cml
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2016); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2016); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2016); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2017/1 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: Mercury (Macrae et al., 2020); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).C10H6N4O2 | Z = 2 |
Mr = 214.19 | F(000) = 220 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.715 Mg m−3 |
a = 5.8027 (2) Å | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.54184 Å |
b = 7.5404 (3) Å | Cell parameters from 4433 reflections |
c = 10.1345 (4) Å | θ = 4.6–69.1° |
α = 70.483 (2)° | µ = 1.06 mm−1 |
β = 84.150 (2)° | T = 90 K |
γ = 84.208 (3)° | Plate, pale yellow |
V = 414.72 (3) Å3 | 0.11 × 0.06 × 0.02 mm |
Bruker Kappa APEXII DUO CCD diffractometer | 6802 independent reflections |
Radiation source: IµS microfocus | 4832 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
QUAZAR multilayer optics monochromator | θmax = 69.4°, θmin = 4.6° |
φ and ω scans | h = −7→7 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (TWINABS; Bruker, 2001) | k = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.774, Tmax = 0.979 | l = −12→12 |
6802 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: dual |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: mixed |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.048 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.144 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0713P)2 + 0.0047P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.07 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
6802 reflections | Δρmax = 0.26 e Å−3 |
152 parameters | Δρmin = −0.28 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refined as a 2-component twin, by 180 deg. rotation about reciprocal 0 0 1. Refinement was vs. an HKLF 5 file prepared using TWINABS. The refined BASF parameter is 0.446 (4). Seven outlier reflections were omitted from the refinement. All H atoms were located in difference maps and those on C were thereafter treated as riding in geometrically idealized positions with C—H distances 0.95 Å. Coordinates of the N—H hydrogen atom were refined. Uiso(H) values were assigned as 1.2Ueq of the attached atom. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.6141 (4) | 0.4107 (3) | 0.8404 (2) | 0.0215 (6) | |
O2 | −0.0946 (3) | 0.7091 (3) | 0.8834 (2) | 0.0213 (6) | |
N1 | 0.2942 (4) | 0.8937 (4) | 0.4485 (2) | 0.0150 (6) | |
N2 | 0.6687 (4) | 0.6283 (4) | 0.5564 (2) | 0.0160 (6) | |
N3 | 0.2614 (4) | 0.5646 (4) | 0.8587 (3) | 0.0166 (6) | |
H3N | 0.231 (5) | 0.487 (5) | 0.949 (4) | 0.020* | |
N4 | 0.1014 (4) | 0.7992 (4) | 0.6692 (2) | 0.0160 (6) | |
H4N | −0.018 (6) | 0.884 (5) | 0.638 (3) | 0.019* | |
C1 | 0.4878 (5) | 0.8700 (4) | 0.3647 (3) | 0.0154 (7) | |
C2 | 0.6759 (5) | 0.7382 (4) | 0.4193 (3) | 0.0154 (7) | |
C3 | 0.8747 (5) | 0.7183 (4) | 0.3300 (3) | 0.0165 (7) | |
H3 | 1.001181 | 0.631113 | 0.366387 | 0.020* | |
C4 | 0.8827 (5) | 0.8255 (5) | 0.1911 (3) | 0.0181 (7) | |
H4 | 1.014200 | 0.811737 | 0.130392 | 0.022* | |
C5 | 0.6963 (5) | 0.9562 (5) | 0.1379 (3) | 0.0179 (7) | |
H5 | 0.704994 | 1.030108 | 0.041346 | 0.022* | |
C6 | 0.5034 (5) | 0.9801 (5) | 0.2209 (3) | 0.0171 (7) | |
H6 | 0.380553 | 1.069981 | 0.182484 | 0.020* | |
C7 | 0.2926 (5) | 0.7827 (4) | 0.5806 (3) | 0.0135 (6) | |
C8 | 0.4803 (5) | 0.6503 (4) | 0.6354 (3) | 0.0147 (7) | |
C9 | 0.4648 (5) | 0.5301 (5) | 0.7850 (3) | 0.0163 (7) | |
C10 | 0.0784 (5) | 0.6913 (5) | 0.8079 (3) | 0.0164 (7) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0173 (11) | 0.0228 (13) | 0.0192 (11) | 0.0062 (9) | −0.0022 (9) | −0.0018 (9) |
O2 | 0.0187 (11) | 0.0237 (13) | 0.0164 (10) | 0.0027 (9) | 0.0043 (9) | −0.0024 (9) |
N1 | 0.0137 (12) | 0.0175 (15) | 0.0133 (13) | −0.0003 (10) | −0.0001 (10) | −0.0047 (11) |
N2 | 0.0168 (12) | 0.0151 (14) | 0.0160 (13) | −0.0017 (10) | 0.0009 (10) | −0.0055 (11) |
N3 | 0.0150 (13) | 0.0179 (14) | 0.0124 (12) | 0.0033 (10) | 0.0007 (10) | −0.0008 (10) |
N4 | 0.0141 (13) | 0.0180 (14) | 0.0125 (12) | 0.0046 (11) | −0.0020 (10) | −0.0016 (10) |
C1 | 0.0145 (14) | 0.0168 (16) | 0.0163 (16) | −0.0015 (12) | −0.0001 (12) | −0.0074 (13) |
C2 | 0.0159 (14) | 0.0156 (16) | 0.0143 (15) | −0.0015 (12) | −0.0017 (12) | −0.0040 (13) |
C3 | 0.0139 (14) | 0.0174 (17) | 0.0199 (15) | −0.0003 (12) | −0.0012 (12) | −0.0085 (13) |
C4 | 0.0164 (15) | 0.0220 (17) | 0.0167 (15) | −0.0043 (12) | 0.0015 (12) | −0.0071 (12) |
C5 | 0.0197 (15) | 0.0195 (17) | 0.0140 (15) | −0.0025 (12) | −0.0010 (12) | −0.0044 (12) |
C6 | 0.0151 (14) | 0.0195 (17) | 0.0170 (15) | 0.0018 (12) | −0.0030 (12) | −0.0068 (13) |
C7 | 0.0140 (14) | 0.0127 (16) | 0.0139 (14) | −0.0014 (11) | 0.0000 (12) | −0.0048 (12) |
C8 | 0.0159 (15) | 0.0149 (16) | 0.0133 (16) | 0.0006 (12) | −0.0048 (12) | −0.0039 (13) |
C9 | 0.0162 (15) | 0.0176 (17) | 0.0152 (16) | −0.0007 (12) | −0.0014 (12) | −0.0056 (13) |
C10 | 0.0155 (15) | 0.0176 (17) | 0.0158 (15) | 0.0010 (12) | −0.0013 (12) | −0.0056 (12) |
O1—C9 | 1.217 (3) | C1—C6 | 1.414 (4) |
O2—C10 | 1.224 (4) | C1—C2 | 1.422 (4) |
N1—C7 | 1.321 (4) | C2—C3 | 1.420 (4) |
N1—C1 | 1.372 (4) | C3—C4 | 1.368 (4) |
N2—C8 | 1.318 (4) | C3—H3 | 0.9500 |
N2—C2 | 1.358 (4) | C4—C5 | 1.407 (4) |
N3—C10 | 1.372 (4) | C4—H4 | 0.9500 |
N3—C9 | 1.381 (4) | C5—C6 | 1.364 (4) |
N3—H3N | 0.92 (3) | C5—H5 | 0.9500 |
N4—C10 | 1.369 (4) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
N4—C7 | 1.377 (4) | C7—C8 | 1.423 (4) |
N4—H4N | 0.90 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.483 (4) |
C7—N1—C1 | 115.5 (3) | C5—C4—H4 | 120.0 |
C8—N2—C2 | 116.9 (3) | C6—C5—C4 | 122.0 (3) |
C10—N3—C9 | 127.3 (3) | C6—C5—H5 | 119.0 |
C10—N3—H3N | 113 (2) | C4—C5—H5 | 119.0 |
C9—N3—H3N | 119 (2) | C5—C6—C1 | 119.5 (3) |
C10—N4—C7 | 123.5 (3) | C5—C6—H6 | 120.2 |
C10—N4—H4N | 116 (2) | C1—C6—H6 | 120.2 |
C7—N4—H4N | 121 (2) | N1—C7—N4 | 118.0 (3) |
N1—C1—C6 | 119.7 (3) | N1—C7—C8 | 123.0 (3) |
N1—C1—C2 | 121.5 (3) | N4—C7—C8 | 119.0 (3) |
C6—C1—C2 | 118.8 (3) | N2—C8—C7 | 122.0 (3) |
N2—C2—C3 | 118.8 (3) | N2—C8—C9 | 118.3 (3) |
N2—C2—C1 | 121.1 (3) | C7—C8—C9 | 119.8 (3) |
C3—C2—C1 | 120.1 (3) | O1—C9—N3 | 121.7 (3) |
C4—C3—C2 | 119.5 (3) | O1—C9—C8 | 124.5 (3) |
C4—C3—H3 | 120.3 | N3—C9—C8 | 113.8 (3) |
C2—C3—H3 | 120.3 | O2—C10—N4 | 121.8 (3) |
C3—C4—C5 | 120.1 (3) | O2—C10—N3 | 121.6 (3) |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.0 | N4—C10—N3 | 116.6 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
N3—H3N···O2i | 0.92 (3) | 2.00 (4) | 2.883 (3) | 162 (3) |
N4—H4N···N1ii | 0.90 (3) | 2.22 (3) | 3.114 (3) | 176 (3) |
C3—H3···N2iii | 0.95 | 2.58 | 3.520 (4) | 173 |
C6—H6···O2ii | 0.95 | 2.21 | 3.158 (4) | 173 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x, −y+1, −z+2; (ii) −x, −y+2, −z+1; (iii) −x+2, −y+1, −z+1. |
Funding information
The authors acknowledge the support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Institutional Development Award (IDeA) grant No. P20 GM103424–21 and the US Department of Education (US DoE; Title III, HBGI Part B grant No. P031B040030). Its contents are solely the responsibility of authors and do not represent the official views of NIH, NIGMS, or US DoE. The upgrade of the diffractometer was made possible by grant No. LEQSF(2011–12)-ENH-TR-01, administered by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
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