Hindered rotation around C-N bond in nitroenamines

Conclusions The relation between the value of the rotation barrier around the C-N bond of nitroenamines and the type of solvent is determined mainly by the solvation of the nitroenamine molecule in the ground state.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2392–2395, October, 1978.     

Hindered rotation around the N(sp2)-C(sp3) single bond in 2,4,6-trimethyl-N-alkylpyridinium cations:H DNMR analysist

Pairwise chemical shift nonequivalence of the 2,6-methyl and 3,5-protons in ¹H NMR spectra, as well as of the 2,6-methyl, 2,6-ring and 3,5-ring carbons in ¹³C NMR spectra, was observed for N-alkyl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium salts 2. Dynamic NMR spectroscopy demonstrates appreciably higher activation free energies ΔG^# for rotation around the N(sp²)-C(sp³ bond than ΔG# for the analogously substituted mesityl derivatives, in agreement with the shorter N-C bond distance than for the C-C bond.     

Hindered internal rotation about the C-N partially double bond in N-acyl derivatives of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline

The inhibited internal rotation about the C-N partially double bond in N-acyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines was investigated by NMR spectroscopy. It is demonstrated that these compounds exist in the form of Z and E conformers, and their ratios are determined under the conditions of stereochemical rigidity. The activation parameters of internal rotation about the C-N bond, specifically the barrier to rotation, as a function of the form·of the acyl grouping were calculated.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1092–1096, August, 1980.     

Hindered rotation about the amido N?C bond and the tautomeric equilibrium in N,N-dimethylacetoacetamide

The molecule N,N-dimethylacetoacetamide, which is subject to a keto–enol equilibrium process in solution, also exhibits hindered rotation about the amido N? C bond. The hindered rotation rates have been studied by lineshape fit methods of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. In spite of some overlap of the keto and enol N-methyl proton signals, the simultaneous measurement of the two distinct energy barriers in the two forms is possible as well as a determination of the keto–enol equilibrium. The differences in free energy of activation between keto and enol forms for the rotation barrier can be related to the conjugation energy of the N? C π system with the enolic hydrogen bonded ring. Appeal to the model compound acetylacetone reveals a consistent set of energies for the keto and enol forms in the ground and transition states for internal rotation. The opportunity has been taken to reexamine and compare the keto–enol system ethylacetoacetate. Long range, solvent, concentration and temperature sensitive scalar couplings ⁴J(HH) between the enolic –OH and the adjacent methyl group in acetoacetic ester have not hitherto been reported.     

The origin of hindered rotation around the Pt-N bond in platinum amides

Several platinum amides of formula trans-[PtCl(NHAr)(PEt(3))(2)] (Ar = 3-FC(6)H(4), 2; 4-FC(6)H(4), 3; 4-ClC(6)H(4), 4; 4-IC(6)H(4), 5; 4-Cl,3-NO(2)-C(6)H(3), 6) have been synthesized by reaction of [PtHCl(PEt(3))(2)] with aryl azides. All the complexes feature planar arylamido moieties and hindered rotation around the N-aryl and Pt-N bonds have been detected and separately studied. The X-ray crystal structures of complexes 5 and 6 have been determined. Complex 5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma, with a = 23.806(4) A, b = 15.099(2) A, c = 6.7593(10) A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees, and Z = 4. Compound 6 shows an N-H...O(NO) hydrogen bond and it crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n, with a = 12.215(3) A, b = 8.078(2) A, c = 13.052(4) A, alpha = gamma = 90 degrees, beta = 90.057(6) degrees, and Z = 2. Except for Ar = 4-Cl,3-NO(2)-C(6)H(3), the activation energies obtained for the complexes indicate that both dynamic processes occur simultaneously with a common barrier which originates in the multiple bond character of the N-aryl bond due to a strong pi-donor behavior of the N atom in the N-aryl bond. The rotation about the Pt-N bond is unfavorable because of steric congestion with the planar amide, which can be overcome only when the aromatic ring can rotate. For the complex trans-[PtCl[NH(4-Cl,3-NO(2)-C(6)H(3))](PEt(3))(2)] the barrier to rotation is mostly due to hydrogen bond interaction between the NO(2) ortho substituent and the amide H atom.     

Hindered rotation bands in the ethylene dimer spectrum

Recently, Snels, Fantoni, Zen, Stolte and Reuss observed peaks at 916 and 986.3 cm⁻¹ in the photodissociation spectrum of the ethylene dimer. Calculations are presented which indicate that these peaks are probably combination bands involving bending modes of the ethylene monomers about their C-C axes.     

Hindered rotation of ligands in cis-[PtR2Cl2] complexes

The temperature dependence of the¹H NMR spectra ofcis-[Pt(II)R₂Cl₂] complexes was studied in DMSO at 18–100°C (R is 2-methyl and 2,5-dimethylpyridine). The broadening of the signals from the methyl groups or hydrogen atoms in theortho-positions of heteroaromatic ligands is due to the coexistence of two forms of thecis-complexes in solution. These forms arise from the hindered rotation of asymmetrical ligands around the Pt-N bond.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 424–425, February, 1993.     

Vibrational spectra of hexafluorodisiloxane and internal rotation around the SiO bond. An ab initio study

The structure of hexafluorodisiloxane was optimized at different levels of theory up to MP2/6-31G^*, and the vibrational spectrum was calculated and compared with the experimental one. It was shown that at the Hartree-Fock level the simple SCF/3-21 (O^*) basis set gives satisfactory results. The geometry was also optimized at two C_2v structures which appear to be saddle points on the SiF₃ rotor potential curve. The significant change of the SiOSi angle equilibrium value in the course of the SiF₃ group rotation was explained by assuming repulsion between lone pair electrons of fluorines and oxygen. This effect is also revealed in the predicted change in the v_asSiOSi frequency on going from the C₂ to the C_2v structure. This provides the explanation of some unusual features in the vibrational spectra of hexahalodisiloxanes, namely large gas-solid shifts of v_as SiOSi and splitting of this mode in the matrices.     

Hindered rotation of the dimethylamino and dimethylthioamide groups in two ortho substituted N,N-dimethylthiobenzamides

Hindered rotation in two o-substituted N,N-dimethylthiobenzamides was investigated by variable temperature ¹H NMR spectroscopy. For one compound, the enthalpies and entropies of activation for (i) thioamide group rotation around the Ar? C bond and (ii) dimethylamino group rotation around the C? N bond were obtained by full line shape analysis; a possible coupling between the two processes is discussed. A new simple method has also been applied to the analysis of dimethylamino exchange and results are in complete agreement with the full line shape analysis with somewhat better precision.