The title compound, C12H20N4O5, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21, with four crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The four mol-ecules have a very similar conformation that is basically determined by the formation of two intra-molecular hydrogen bonds between the amino NH2 donors and the carbonyl and ring O-atom acceptors, forming, respectively, R(6) and R(7) ring motifs.. In the crystal, inter-molecular hydrogen bonding leads to the formation of R22(10) ring patterns, involving one amide CONH2 donor and an imidazole N-atom acceptor. The cluster of the four independent mol-ecules has approximate non-crystallographic C2 point symmetry. The structural analysis also shows that during the synthesis of the title compound, the reductive cleavage of the d-ribose ring of the inosine precursor proceeds stereoselectively, with retention of configuration.
Keywords: crystal structure; high Z′ structures; hydrogen bonding; nucleosides.