On the aromaticity of uracil and its 5-halogeno derivatives as revealed by theoretically derived geometric and magnetic
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
On the aromaticity of uracil and its 5-halogeno derivatives as revealed by theoretically derived geometric and magnetic indexes Kacper Rzepiela 1
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Aneta Buczek 1
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Teobald Kupka 1
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Małgorzata A. Broda 1
Received: 8 September 2020 / Accepted: 13 November 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The problem of aromaticity in heterocyclic rings of uracil and its 5-halogenoderivatives (5XU) was analyzed theoretically by calculating modified harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA) for Heterocycle Electron Delocalization (HOMHED), nucleus-independent chemical shift parameters (NICS) and the so-called scan experiments, using helium-3 atom as a magnetic probe. The impact of halogen electronegativity on C5 atom’s NBO charges was also investigated. Water, as a polar environment, has a negligible impact on 5XU aromaticity. The most stable diketo tautomer shows a very low aromaticity while the “rare” dihydroxy form (tautomer No 6) is aromatic and resembles benzene. This is in agreement with traditional drawing of chemical formula of uracil’s six-membered ring, directly showing three alternating single and double bonds in its tautomer No 6. No good correlation between magnetic and geometric indexes of aromaticity for the studied 5XU tautomers was found. Linear correlation between the magnitude of NICS minimum, as well as the distance of the minimum above uracil ring plane center from 3He NMR chemical shift scan plot with respect to halogen electronegativity were observed. A strong linear dependence of magnetic index of aromaticity and the electronegativity of 5X substituent was observed. Keywords Uracil . 5-halogenouracil . Aromaticity . HOMA . HOMHED . NICS . 3He NMR
Introduction Uracil is an important component of living systems and belongs to small molecules which are responsible for information transfer [1]. Its structure could be derived from pyrimidine (1,3-diazine). Detection of the occurrence of uracil and pyrimidine in space [2] indirectly supports the fact that such molecules, containing two nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring are stable and present in both extraterrestrial space matter and in living systems. For over 50 years, its 5-halogeno
* Teobald Kupka [email protected] * Małgorzata A. Broda [email protected] Kacper Rzepiela [email protected] Aneta Buczek [email protected] 1
Department of Physical Chemistry and Molecular Modeling, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole, 48 Oleska Street, 45-052 Opole, Poland
derivatives have been studied [3, 4]. Among them, 5fluorouracil has been widely used as an anticancer drug [3, 4]. The stability of uracil and its derivatives reflect their specific structure. Recently, on the basis of theoretical modeling using density functional theory (DFT at B3LYP-D3/aug-ccpVQZ level of theory), it was postulated [5] that mutual arrangement of local C=O and N-H functional groups in uracil, as well as in 1,3-diazines, influences the electron density and local dipole moments distribution in such a way that it is energetically more
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