Influence of hydrogen bonds on the molecular structure and conformations of two (C30H48O2) pentacyclic triterpene isomers

Abstract

The structural study of two (C 30 H 48 O 2 ) pentacyclic triterpene (PCTT) isomers is presented. These terpenes, known as 30-hydroxy-lup-20(29)-en-3-one (1) and (11α)-11-hydroxy-lup-20(29)-en-3-one (2), were isolated from Maytenus imbricata Mart. Ex Reissek (Celastraceae). The molecular structure of 1 and 2 differs in the position of the hydroxyl group. Both compounds crystallize in non-centrosymmetric space groups with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure of 1 shows a triclinic P1 space group (a = 9.5518 (1) Å, b = 9.7083(1) Å, c = 14.4696(2) Å, α = 93.832(1)°, β = 102.833(1)°, and γ = 103.307(1)°), while compound 2 crystallizes in a monoclinic P2 1 one (a = 13.4439(16) Å, b = 14.4463(14) Å, c = 13.5224(9) Å and β = 99.703(8)°). The two molecules independent by symmetry of 1 differ slightly due to the presence of static disorder in oxygen atoms. In addition, the intermolecular geometries of 1 and 2 were analysed, and in each isomer the crystal packing is stabilized by O-H⋯O intermolecular hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces.