The preferred conformations in solution and rotational barriers of the phenyl moiety in 3,5-dichlorobenzyl derivatives of ammonia, dimethylamine, and dimethylarsine

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (17) ◽  
pp. 2229-2232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Werner Danchura ◽  
Walter Niemczura
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Phenyl Ring ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Carbon Bond ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Internal Barriers ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants between methylene protons and ring protons are measured in 3,5-dichlorobenzylamine, 3,5-dichlorobenzyldimethylamine, and in 3,5-dichlorobenzyldimethylarsine. The couplings over six bonds are used to derive internal barriers to rotation about the carbon–carbon bond to the phenyl ring. In the above order, they are 0.3 ± 0.3, 0.8 ± 0.2, and 3.0 ± 0.5 kcal/mol. The conformation of lowest energy in the arsine is that in which the CH2—X bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the benzene plane.

An increased internal rotational barrier in thiophenol caused by meta substituents

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 2471-2475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
James D. Baleja ◽  
Glenn H. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Theory ◽  
Mo Calculations ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Internal Barriers ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The twofold internal barriers to rotation about the C—S bond in 3,5-diX-thiophenols were determined in solution from long-range spin–spin coupling constants. They are 3.4, 4.85, 5.3, 6.45, and 7.25 ± 10% kJ/mol for X = H, CH3, OCH3, F, and Cl, respectively. In 3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxythiophenol, V2 is −0.8 kJ/mol as compared to −1.9 kJ/mol in 4-methoxythiophenol. The para substituent here dominates. The observed barriers are in rough agreement with arguments based on perturbation molecular orbital theory and with MO calculations of changes in the barrier caused by substituents. The computed values appear as nearly pure twofold barriers with very small fourfold components.

Sigma and Pi Electron Contributions to Long-range Spin–Spin Coupling Constants in the Methyl Derivatives of the Fluoropyridines

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (14) ◽  
pp. 2344-2350 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Rowbotham ◽  
T. Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Atom ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Methyl Derivatives ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of

Seven methyl derivatives of the 3- and 4-fluoropyridines are synthesized and their p.m.r. spectra are analyzed. The nuclear spin–spin coupling constants are compared with previous results for the four methyl derivatives of 2-fluoropyridine. A model in which the nitrogen atom polarizes primarily the σ electron system of the ring, leaving the π electron contribution to the coupling mechanism relatively unaffected, qualitatively accounts for the large majority of the coupling constants. For example, the coupling over six bonds between methyl protons and a fluorine nucleus, [Formula: see text] is the same whether the fluorine atom or the methyl group is placed ortho to the nitrogen atom and is little different from its value in p-fluorotoluene. The model is consistent with significant σ electron contributions to long-range couplings over four and five bonds from methyl protons to fluorine nuclei or ring protons. Evidence is adduced for resonance structures in which fluorine conjugates with nitrogen or with ring carbon atoms. An earlier suggestion, that hyperconjugation of the methyl group with nitrogen is necessary to the interpretation of the observed couplings, is dropped. Instead, a substantial polarization of the σ electron core near C-2 and -6 is invoked but apparently does not extend appreciably beyond these atoms in the ring.

Derivatives of diphenylmethane. Preferred conformations and barriers to internal rotation by the J method

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (14) ◽  
pp. 1881-1886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Walter Niemczura ◽  
Werner Danchura ◽  
Timothy A. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Internal Rotation ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Conformational Properties ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Rotor Model

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants over six bonds, 6JpH,CH, in 3,5-dibromodiphenylmethane and 4,4′-difluorodiphenylmethane, respectively, imply that the ground state conformations of these molecules have C2v symmetry (gable conformations). In terms of a hindered rotor model which assumes a twofold barrier to internal rotation about the exocyclic carbon–carbon bond, the barrier in the dibromo derivatives is 1.1 ± 0.3 kcal/mol. A satisfactory fit to the temperature dependence of 6JpF,CH is found for a gable conformation. If the conformational properties of these molecules and of diphenylmethane are determined mainly by steric interactions between ortho C—H bonds on neighbouring phenyl groups, it seems likely that the results above are a first approximation to the conformational behaviour of diphenylmethane. Some molecular orbital calculations are in semiquantitative agreement with the conclusions based on coupling constants.

The internal barriers to rotation about the carbon–carbon bond in 3,5-dichlorobenzyl alcohol and selenol by the J method

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 1721-1723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Werner Danchura ◽  
Walter Niemczura ◽  
William J. E. Parr
Keyword(s):  
Internal Rotation ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bonds ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Internal Barriers ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The J method, depending on a comparison between observed spin–spin coupling constants over six bonds between protons on a side chain and para ring protons and those calculated by a hindered rotor treatment, is applied to the determination of the twofold barrier to internal rotation about the carbon–carbon bonds in 3,5-dichlorobenzyl alcohol and selenol. In the alcohol, the C—O bond prefers the benzene plane by 0.3 ± 0.2 kcal/mol whereas, in the selenol, the C—Se bond prefers a plane perpendicular to the benzene ring by 3.8 ± 0.7 kcal/mol. Comparison with the thiol suggests that a major component of the barrier arises from repulsive interactions, increasing as the size of the XH (X = O, S, Se) group increases.

scholarly journals Signs of proton–proton and proton–fluorine spin–spin coupling constants in 2-fluoro-3-methylpyridine. Sigma and pi contributions to coupling in a nitrogen heterocycle

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1507-1514 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
S. S. Danyluk ◽  
C. L. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Atom ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Nitrogen Heterocycle ◽  
Triple Resonance ◽  
Triple Resonance Experiments ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The signs of all proton–proton and proton–fluorine spin–spin coupling constants in 2-fluoro-3-methylpyridine have been determined by double and triple resonance experiments. The signs of the longrange coupling constants, JH,CH3 and JF,CH3 are the same as in fluorotoluene derivatives. Their magnitudes are consistent with the assumption that the nitrogen atom primarily polarizes the σ bonds in the molecule, leaving the π contribution to the long-range coupling relatively unaffected.

Proton spin–spin coupling constants and intramolecular hydrogen bonding in bromine derivatives of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 2228-2230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
J. Brian Rowbotham
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Proton Spin ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Oh Groups ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of

The conformational preferences in CCl4 solution at 32 °C of the hydroxyl groups in bromine derivatives of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene are deduced from the long-range spin–spin coupling constants between hydroxyl protons and ring protons over five bonds. Two hydroxyl groups hydrogen bond to the same bromine substituent in 2-bromo-1,3-dihydroxybenzene but prefer to hydrogen bond to different bromine substituents when available, as in 2,4-dibromo-1,3-dihydroxybenzene. When the OH groups can each choose between two ortho bromine atoms, as in 2,4,6-tribromoresorcinol, they apparently do so in a very nearly statistical manner except that they avoid hydrogen bonding to the common bromine atom.

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