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Amino derivatives of purine (2-, 6-, 8-, and N-NH2) have found many applications in biochemistry. This paper presents the results of a systematic computational study of the substituent and solvent effects in these systems. The issues considered are the electron-donating properties of NH2, its geometry, π-electron delocalization in purine rings and tautomeric stability. Calculations were performed in ten environments, with 1 < ε < 109, using the polarizable continuum model of solvation. Electron-donating properties were quantitatively described by cSAR (charge of the substituent active region) parameter and π-electron delocalization by using the HOMA (harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity) index. In aminopurines, NH2 proximity interactions depend on its position and the tautomer. The results show that they are the main factor determining how solvation affects the electron-donating strength and geometry of NH2. Proximity with the NH∙∙∙HN repulsive interaction between the NH2 and endocyclic NH group results in stronger solvent effects than the proximity with two attractive NH∙∙∙N interactions. The effect of amino and nitro (previously studied) substitution on aromaticity was compared; these two groups have, in most cases, the opposite effect, with the largest being in N1H and N3H purine tautomers. The amino group has a smaller effect on the tautomeric preferences of purine than the nitro group. Only in 8-aminopurine do tautomeric preferences change: N7H is more stable than N9H in H2O.

The solvent effect on the stability and electron-accepting properties (EA) of the nitro group attached to the C2, C6, or C8 position of nitropurine NH tautomers is investigated. For this purpose, the density functional theory (DFT) and the polarizable continuum model (PCM) of solvation in a wide range of solvents (1 < ε < 109) are used. We show that the EA properties of the NO2 group, described by the charge of the substituent active region (cSAR) model, are linearly dependent on the reciprocal of the solvent dielectric constant; in all cases, solvation enhances the EA properties of this group. Furthermore, the sensitivity of EA properties of the nitro group to the solvent effect depends on the proximity effects. It has been shown that the proximity of two endocyclic N atoms (two repulsive interactions) results in higher sensitivity than the asymmetric proximity of the endocyclic N atom and NH group (one repulsive and one attractive interaction). To explain this phenomenon, the geometry of the nitro group in coplanar form and after forcing its rotation around the CN bond is discussed. Relative stabilities of nitropurine tautomers in different solvents are also presented. Differences in the stabilities and solvation energies are explained by aromaticity, electronic structure, and intramolecular interactions of the nitropurine tautomers.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C10H9N2+·0.5C2O42−·C2H2O4·H2O, consists of a 2,2′-bipyridinium cation, half an oxalate dianion, one oxalic acid and one water molecule. One N atom in 2,2′-bipyridine is unprotonated, while the second is protonated and forms an N—H...O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, the anions are connected with surrounding acid molecules and water molecules by strong near-linear O—H...O hydrogen bonds. The water molecules are located between the anions and oxalic acids; their O atoms participate as donors and acceptors, respectively, in O—H...O hydrogen bonds, which form sheets arranged parallel to the ac plane.

In the title compound, C22H23F3NO3P, the dihedral angles between the pyrrole ring and the benzyl and phenyl rings are 81.38 (7) and 46.21 (8)°, respectively. The ethyl phosphate groups present with P—O—C—C torsion angles of −178.47 (10) and 106.72 (16)°, and an intramolecular C—H...O hydrogen bond occurs. In the extended structure, molecules are linked by C—H...O and C—H...F hydrogen bonds to generate [001] chains.

The title compound, C10H8N4O3S, is almost planar [dihedral angle between the rings = 2.2 (2)°; r.m.s. deviation for the non-H atoms = 0.050 Å]. In the crystal, C—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds link the molecules into (10-2) layers.