13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of selected adenine nucleosides: Structural correlation and conformation about the glycosidic bond

Structural correlations have been carried out from ¹³C chemical shifts (δ) and by analysis of ¹J(CH) coupling constants, and the conformation about the glycosidic bond has been studied by means of the ³J(CH) vicinal coupling constants between C-8 and H-1′ of some adenine nucleosides such as adenosine (Ado), N(7)-β-D-ribofuranosyladenine (N(7)-Ado), N(9)- and N(7)-β-D-xylofuranosyladenine (N(9)-xylAde and N(7)-xylAde), N(9)-(3-chloro-3-deoxy-β-D-xylofuranosyl)adenine (3′-Cl-xylAde) and N(9)-(2-chloro-2-deoxy-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)adenine (2′-Cl-araAde). The analysis of the influence on δ¹³C of the nature and configuration of the substituent in the carbohydrate fragment of the molecule has revealed two types of effects, namely, 1,2-cis and 1,2-trans. This approach, as well as the ³J(CH) values and the analysis of the C-3′-endo?C-2′-endo equilibrium of the carbohydrate fragment of nucleosides, and circular dichroism (CD) data, provides important information on the conformation about the glycosidic bond. The magnitudes of ³J(C-4, H) are indicative of the position of attachment of the carbohydrate fragment to the heterocyclic base.