Structure determination of taurine with the Bruker SMART X2S benchtop crystallographic system


A crystal of taurine with the dimensions of 0.40 mm x 0.40 mm x 0.60 mm mounted on a Mitegen Micromount was automatically centered on a Bruker SMART X2S benchtop crystallographic system. Intensity measurements were performed using a monochromated (Doubly Curved Silicon Crystal) Mo-Kα-radiation (0.71073 Å) from a sealed MicroFocus tube. Generator settings were 50 kV, 1 mA. Data collection temperature was 23°C.
Data were acquired using three sets of Omega scans at different Phi settings. The frame width was 0.5°.

The detailed data collection strategy was as follows:
Detector distance: 40 mm
Detector swing angle (fixed 2 Theta): -20°.

Run

Omega (start)

Omega (end)

Phi

Frames

1

-20.0

-200.0

0.0

360

2

-20.0

-140.0

120.0

240

3

-20.0

-80.0

240.0

120


APEX2 software was used for preliminary determination of the unit cell. Determination of integral intensities and unit cell refinement were performed using SAINT. The integration of the data yielded a total of 4600 reflections to a maximum θ angle of 25.01° (0.84 Å resolution).
The constants for the monoclinic unit cell are a = 5.2939(5) Å, b = 11.6458(15) Å, c = 7.9361(11) Å, β = 94.099(4)°, V = 488.02(11) Å3.
Data were corrected for absorption effects with SADABS using the multiscan technique. The ratio of minimum to maximum apparent transmission is 89.6:100. The average residual for symmetry equivalent reflections is Rint = 4.35% and Rσ = 2.71%. XPREP determined the space group to be P 1 21/c 1, with Z = 4 for the formula unit, C2H7NO3S.
The structure was solved with XS and subsequent structure refinements were performed with XL. The final anisotropic full-matrix least-squares refinement on Fo2 with 65 variables converged at R1 = 2.81% for the observed data and wR2 = 7.23% for all data. The goodness-of-fit was 1.091. The largest peak on the final difference electron density synthesis was 0.38 e-3 and the deepest hole was -0.33 e-3 with an RMS deviation of 0.05 e-3. On the basis of the final model, the calculated density is 1.703 g/cm3 and F(000) = 264.

APEX2 Version 2.2 (Bruker AXS Inc., 2007)
SAINT Version 7.34a (Bruker AXS Inc., 2007)
SADABS Version 2007/2 (Sheldrick, Bruker AXS Inc.)
XPREP Version 2005/2 (Sheldrick, Bruker AXS Inc.)
XS Version 2008/1 (George M. Sheldrick, Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 112-122)
XL Version 2008/1 (George M. Sheldrick, Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 112-122)


 

 

 

Table 1. Crystal data and structure refinement for taurine.

 

Identification code

taurine

Empirical formula

C2 H7 N O3 S

Formula weight

125.15

Temperature

296(2) K

Wavelength

0.71073 Å

Crystal system

Monoclinic

Space group

P 1 21/c 1

Unit cell dimensions

a = 5.2939(5) Å

α = 90°

 

b = 11.6458(15) Å

β = 94.099(4)°

 

c = 7.9361(11) Å

γ = 90°

Volume

488.02(11) Å3

 

Z

4

 

Density (calculated)

1.703 Mg/cm3

 

Absorption coefficient

0.554 mm-1

 

F(000)

264

 

Crystal size

0.40 x 0.40 x 0.60 mm3

 

Index ranges

-6<=h<=6, -13<=k<=13, -9<=l<=9

 

Reflections collected

4600

 

Independent reflections

859 [R(int) = 0.0435]

 

Absorption correction

Multiscan

 

Max. and min. transmission

0.8087 and 0.7320

 

Refinement method

Full-matrix least-squares on F2

 

Data / restraints / parameters

859 / 0 / 65

 

Goodness-of-fit on F2

1.091

 

Final R indices [I>2sigma(I)]

R1 = 0.0281, wR2 = 0.0712

 

R indices (all data)

R1 = 0.0303, wR2 = 0.0723

 

Largest diff. peak and hole

0.383 and -0.326

 


Rint = Σ|Fo2 - Fo2(mean)| / Σ[Fo2]
R1 = Σ||Fo| - |Fc|| / Σ|Fo|
GOOF = S = {Σ[w(Fo2 - Fc2)2] / (n - p)}1/2
wR2 = {Σ[w(Fo2 - Fc2)2] / Σ[w(Fo2)2]}1/2
w = 1 / [σ(Fo2) + (aP)2 + bP] where P is [2Fc2 + Max(Fo2, 0)] / 3



Table 2. Atomic coordinates (x104) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2x103) for taurine.

U(eq) is defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.

 

 

 

x

y

z

U(eq)

S1

7966(1)

8486(1)

1490(1)

24(1)

O1

6581(3)

7416(1)

1459(2)

39(1)

O3

10633(3)

8371(1)

2070(2)

38(1)

O2

7679(3)

9105(1)

-110(2)

31(1)

N1

7364(3)

11289(1)

1687(2)

26(1)

C1

7895(4)

10546(2)

3184(3)

29(1)

C2

6609(4)

9386(2)

2995(3)

27(1)





Table 3. Bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) for taurine.

 

S1-O1

1.4458(14)

S1-O2

1.4584(14)

S1-O3

1.4597(15)

S1-C2

1.779(2)

N1-C1

1.480(2)

C1-C2

1.516(3)

 

 

O1-S1-O2

112.96(9)

O1-S1-O3

113.80(9)

O2-S1-O3

110.99(9)

O1-S1-C2

106.92(9)

O2-S1-C2

105.79(9)

O3-S1-C2

105.70(9)

N1-C1-C2

112.53(16)

C1-C2-S1

113.05(14)





Table 4. Anisotropic displacement parameters (Å2x103) for taurine.

The anisotropic displacement factor exponent takes the form: -2π2[ h2 a*2 U11 + ... + 2 h k a* b* U12 ]

 

 

U11

U22

U33

U23

U13

U12

S1

21(1)

15(1)

35(1)

1(1)

3(1)

-1(1)

O1

42(1)

22(1)

53(1)

-5(1)

11(1)

-13(1)

O3

23(1)

28(1)

62(1)

4(1)

-3(1)

5(1)

O2

33(1)

27(1)

33(1)

1(1)

5(1)

0(1)

N1

26(1)

19(1)

34(1)

-2(1)

4(1)

-2(1)

C1

31(1)

23(1)

32(1)

-4(1)

-3(1)

2(1)

C2

27(1)

24(1)

29(1)

2(1)

4(1)

0(1)





Table 5. Hydrogen coordinates (x104) and isotropic displacement parameters (Å2x103) for taurine.

 

 

x

y

z

U(eq)

H1A

8162

11013

824

40

H1B

7908

11998

1923

40

H1C

5705

11302

1414

40

H1D

7323

10930

4172

35

H1E

9710

10433

3365

35

H2A

4830

9501

2656

32

H2B

6718

9002

4083

32