作者:Jessica H. Wong、Marilyn M. Olmstead、James C. Fettinger、Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague
DOI:10.1107/s0108270108002692
日期:2008.3.15
Four neutral vinyl sulfones, two of which are paired with phosphonate groups, are described. The compounds are diisopropyl (2-phenylethenylsulfonylmethyl) phosphonate, C15H23O5PS, (I), diisopropyl [2-(7-methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl) ethenylsulfonyl]methylsulfonylmethyl} phosphonate, C18H27O10PS2, (II), bis(trans-2-phenylethenyl) sulfone, C16H14O2S, (III), and bis(trans-2-phenylethenylsulfonyl) methane, C17H16O4S2, (IV). Their structures can be considered as highly functionalized mimics of mono-, di- and triphosphates. These phosphate isosteres are currently of interest as agents for enzyme inhibition in both cancer and HIV therapy. All except one of the compounds has Z' > 1. The lone exception is (IV), a disulfone with twofold crystallographic symmetry. Geometrically, the sulfone functionality is found to be a good mimic for phosphate. The principal effect of the vinyl group is to shorten the S-C(vinyl) distance relative to the S-CH2 distance by ca 0.05 angstrom. The S-C-S and S-C-P backbones resemble the P-O-P backbone but are not identical because the S - C and P - C distances are longer than the P-O distance and the S-C-S and S-C-P angles are more acute than the P-O-P angle. No prior crystal structures of comparable compounds have been published.