{"title":"2,2'-Dithiobispyrazine: about the disulfide bond.","authors":"Kinga Wzgarda-Raj, Justyna Dominikowska, Natallia Husik, Agnieszka J Rybarczyk-Pirek","doi":"10.1107/S2053229623007416","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"X-ray diffraction studies reveal that pyrazine-2-thiol undergoes condensation to 2,2'-dithiobispyrazine [systematic name: 2-(pyrazin-2-yldisulfanyl)pyrazine], C8H6N4S2 (I), under aerial conditions. In the molecule of I, the pyrazine rings are arranged in an almost perpendicular manner, with an absolute value of the C-S-S-C torsion angle of -91.45 (6)°. A search in the Cambridge Structural Database confirmed that such a conformation is typical for disulfide compounds. Three different rotamers of disulfide I were studied using quantum theoretical studies. The rotamer of lowest energy was observed in the crystalline state in the structure stabilized by hydrogen-bond, chalcogen-bond and stacking interactions. Further quantum chemical computations confirm that 2,2'-dithiobispyrazine can react according to the SN2 mechanism.","PeriodicalId":7115,"journal":{"name":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229623007416","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
X-ray diffraction studies reveal that pyrazine-2-thiol undergoes condensation to 2,2'-dithiobispyrazine [systematic name: 2-(pyrazin-2-yldisulfanyl)pyrazine], C8H6N4S2 (I), under aerial conditions. In the molecule of I, the pyrazine rings are arranged in an almost perpendicular manner, with an absolute value of the C-S-S-C torsion angle of -91.45 (6)°. A search in the Cambridge Structural Database confirmed that such a conformation is typical for disulfide compounds. Three different rotamers of disulfide I were studied using quantum theoretical studies. The rotamer of lowest energy was observed in the crystalline state in the structure stabilized by hydrogen-bond, chalcogen-bond and stacking interactions. Further quantum chemical computations confirm that 2,2'-dithiobispyrazine can react according to the SN2 mechanism.
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Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry is continuing its transition to a journal that publishes exciting science with structural content, in particular, important results relating to the chemical sciences. Section C is the journal of choice for the rapid publication of articles that highlight interesting research facilitated by the determination, calculation or analysis of structures of any type, other than macromolecular structures. Articles that emphasize the science and the outcomes that were enabled by the study are particularly welcomed. Authors are encouraged to include mainstream science in their papers, thereby producing manuscripts that are substantial scientific well-rounded contributions that appeal to a broad community of readers and increase the profile of the authors.