Crystal Structure Analysis of a trans,trans-Cyclodeca-1, 6-diene Derivative

An X-ray crystal structure analysis of the higher melting diastereoisomer of 2,7-dibromo-3,8-dimethoxy-trans,trans-cyclodeca-1,6-diene (Monoclinic; a = 5.76, b = 10.43, c = 11.32 Å, β = 94.04°; space group P2₁/n; Z = 2) has confirmed the NMR. assignment of the molecular conformation and the trans configuration of the methoxy groups. The trans,trans-cyclodeca-1,6-diene ring adopts a centrosymmetric crown conformation with a C? C?C? C torsion angle of 162°.     

The molecular structure of cis- and trans-bicyclo [4.2.0]-octane in the gas phase as studied by electron diffraction and molecular mechanics

The molecular structure of Cis- and trans-bicyclo[4.2.0]octane in the gas phase was studied. Molecular mechanics calculations applying Boyd's force Held were used for constraining differences between structural parameters during least squares analysis and for calculating vibrational amplitudes. The cyclohexane ring was found to have a distorted chair conformation, the ring in the cis isomer being flattened along the junction and more twisted in the other part. For the trans compound the reverse is true. The following structural parameters were obtained (r_a-structure):cis: r(C-C)_av. = 1.535 Å. Cyclohexane ring: average bond angle 112.9°; average torsional angle 48°. Cyclobutane ring: average bond angle 88.9°; puckering 157°. The dihedral angle between the bisecting planes of the C(2)-C(1)-C(6)-C(5) and C(8)-C(1)-C(6)-C(7) torsional angles, is 119° - the “connection angle” of the two rings.trans: r(C-C)_av.= 1.532 Å. Cyclohexane ring: average bond angle 110.4° ; average torsional angle 57°. Cyclobutane ring: average bond angle 87.3°; puckering 145°. The “connection angle” is 180° (C₂ symmetry).Comparison is made with structures of related compounds.     

Fourier transform infrared study of uniaxially oriented atactic polystyrene

Infrared measurements of the dichroic ratio of atactic polystyrene absorption bands provide a valuable method of determination of the overall orientation of chains as well as the particular orientation of the trans conformational segments. The orientation process produces the alignment of the chains as well as an increase in the amount of trans conformational segments. A linear relationship is observed between birefringence and dichroic ratio for the absorption bands characteristic of overall orientation. A value of 35° ± 3° is obtained for the angle between the normal to the plane of the benzene ring and the chain axis from both infrared and birefringence determinations.     

The molecular structure of trans- and cis-bicyclo-[4.3.0]nonane in the gas phase,studied by electron diffraction and molecular mechanics

The structure and conformations of trans- and of cis-bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane have been studied in the gas phase. Molecular mechanics calculations applying the force field of Ermer and Lifson were used to obtain geometrical constraints, vibrational amplitudes and perpendicular vibrational corrections. The vibrational parameters were corrected for the large amplitude motion of the five-membered ring. The refinement for the trans-isomer confirms completely the predictions of the force field calculations. Although a stable solution could not be obtained for the cis-compound there is no contradiction between experiment and model calculations. The cyclohexane ring in both isomers is found to have a distorted chair conformation. In the cis-isomer it is flattened along the junction and more twisted in the other part. For the trans-compound the reverse is true.The following structural parameters r_g, r_α-structure) are put forward, (a) trans-compound: C₂-symmetry, _r(C-C)_av = 1.536 Å. Average bond angle and average torsion angle in the cyclohexane ring are 110.2° and 58.1°, respectively. The connection angle, defined as the angle between the planes bisecting C6-C1-C5-C9 and C2-C1-C5-C4, is 180°. (b) cis-compound: no symmetry, r(C-C)_av = 1.536 Å. Average bond and torsion angles in the cyclohexane ring are 112.2° and 52.3°, respectively. The connection angle is 124.8°.A comparison is made with structures of related compounds.     

Calculation of electronic band structures for some rigid benzobisoxazole and benzobisthiazole polymers

Quantum-mechanical methods were employed to calculate electronic band structures for the polybenzobisoxazole (PBO) and polybenzobisthiazole (PBT) chains originally synthesized and much studied because of their utility as high-performance fibers and films. For cis-PBO, trans-PBO, and trans-PBT chains in their coplanar conformations, the band gaps in the axial direction were found to be 1.72, 1.62, and 1.73 eV, respectively. Since trans-PBT is nonplanar, calculations on it were also carried out as a function of the rotation angle ? about the C—C bond joining the two +ing systems in the repeat unit. The band gap was found to increase markedly with increase in nonpla-narity, as would be expected from the decrease in charge delocalization. The calculations suggest the most likely value of ? to be ca. 30°, in good agreement with the experimental value 23° obtained by x-ray analysis of a crystalline trans-PBT model compound. At this value of ?, the calculated value of the band gap is.1.98 eV. All of these values are very close to the corresponding values of 1.4-1.9 eV reported for trans-polyacetylene, which should encourage further theoretical and experimental investigations of the electronic properties of these polymers.     

Ab initio study on the internal rotation of five π-conjugated hydrocarbons at MP2 level

The potential-energy curves of internal rotation were calculated for 1,3-butadiene at the MP2/6-311G** level, for isoprene and 1,3-pentadiene at the MP2/6-311G* level, and for 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene and styrene at the MP2/6-31G* level. The geometries of the energy minima (stable conformers) and maxima (transition states) on the curves are completely optimized. For butadiene and its methyl derivatives, two stable rotamers, s-trans and gauche conformers, are obtained. s-trans forms have the lowest energies and gauche conformers twisted by 39.9°–48.3° around the central bond of the butadiene skeleton are, on average, 9.8 kJ/mol above the trans forms. s-cis forms are rotational transition states. The computed gauche–cis barriers range from 4.30 to 11.70 kJ/mol. The regular effects of methyl substitutions at the end and central carbons are found. For styrene, the planar form is calculated to be a saddle point which is only about 1 kJ/mol higher in total energy than a twisted minimum, in which the torsional angle between the phenyl and vinyl planes is 27.4°. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 69: 659–667, 1998     

Photoinduced liquid crystal blue phase by bent-shaped cis isomer of the azobenzene doped in chiral nematic liquid crystal

A photoresponsive azobenzene molecule DCAZO2 with two cholesteryl groups linked to both sides of the azobenzene group is doped in a mixture of nematic liquid crystal E7 and chiral dopant S811 (61.9 wt% E7, 36.1 wt% S811 and 2.0 wt% DCAZO2). Cooled from isotropic phase to 33.0°C, chiral nematic liquid crystal (N*LC) was formed in the sample and then the temperature was kept unchanged at 33.0°C. UV light irradiation induces the trans–cis photoisomerisation and thus an obvious phase transition. When the azobenzene groups isomerise to a cis-saturated state, the UV light was turned off and the white light was turned on at the same time. The bent-shaped cis isomer then turns back to the planar trans isomer gradually. A blue–green platelet texture representing cubic blue phase (BP) was observed and the size of the platelets was increased along with the cis–trans isomerisation. UV–vis absorption spectra indicate that the photoinduced BP exists when the isomerisation degree is between 79% and 18%, and further cis–trans isomerisation change BP back into N*LC. The large geometric structure of the cholesteryl groups and the large bent angle θ of the cis isomer are supposed to be responsible for the interesting result.     

Carbonyl(5‐nitrotropolonato‐κ2O1,O2)(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐κP)­rhodium(I)

The molecule of the title complex, [Rh(5‐NO₂trop)(C₁₈H₁₅P)(CO)] (5‐­NO₂trop is 2‐hydroxy‐5‐nitrocyclo­hepta‐2,4,6‐trienone, C₇H₄NO₄), has a distorted square‐planar geometry. Strong intramolecular and weak intermolecular hydrogen bonding is observed, with H⋯O distances of the order of 2.25 and 2.55 Å, respectively. The Rh—CO, Rh—O (trans to CO), Rh—O (trans to P) and Rh—P bond distances are 1.775 (7), 2.072 (4), 2.068 (4) and 2.2397 (17) Å, respectively, the O—Rh—O angle is 77.09 (16)° and the bidentate O—C—C—O torsion angle is 1.5 (7)°.     

The photoisomerization of retinal

Abstract— –Quantum efficiencies have been measured for the photoisomerization of four stereoisomers of retinal (all-trans, 13-cis, 11 cis, and 9-cis) in two solvents at different wavelengths of irradiation and at various temperatures. In heane at 25°C the quantum efficiencies for isomerization at 365 nm are: 9-cis to trans, 0.5; 13-cis to trans, 0.4; 11-cis to trans, 0.2; all-trans to monocis isomers, 0.2-0.06, depending upon assumptions made regarding the stereo-isomeric composition of the product. These values vary somewhat with the wavelength of the irradiating light. The quantum efficiency for the photoisomerization of all-trans retinal in hexane decreases by a factor of 30 when the temperature is lowered from 25° to – 65°C; the activation energy for this photoisomerization is about 5 kcal/mole. The quantum efficiencies for the isomerization of the monocis isomers to all-trans retinal in hexane are virtually independent of temperature. In ethanol the rates of photoisomerization from trans to cis or cis to trans depend only slightly on the temperature between 25° and – 65°C. The photosensitivities of the stereoisomers of retinal are of the same order of magnitude as those of the retinylidene chromophores of rhodopsin (11 -cis), metarhodopsin I (all-trans), and isorhodopsin (9-cis); but it is not yet possible to derive the photochemistry of rhodopsin uniquely and quantitatively from that of retinal.     

Cis-trans isomerization and 13C-NMR chemical shift of polyphenylacetylene

Before and after cis-trans isomerization, the observed ¹³C-NMR chemical shifts of poly(phenylacetylene) (PPA) in the solid state were investigated on the basis of ¹³C-NMR chemical shift calculations within AM1 for the cis-transoidal and deflected trans-transoidal forms. Two ¹³C-resonance peaks in the observed CP/MAS ¹³C-spectrum were assigned theoretically by the ¹³C chemical shifts of the main and side chains. After thermal isomerization, the ¹³C peak of the main chain for PPA shifted upfield by 3.5 ppm, in contrast to the downfield shift of the ¹³C peak for polyacetylene. This upfield shift of trans-PPA largely was attributed to the increases of the excitation energy from the ground state to the lowest φ_π–π* state in the paramagnetic terms of ¹³C chemical shift on the main chain carbons with the increase in deflected angle τ of 0 to 80°. The ±80° deflected conformation of the trans-transoidal chain due to the cis-trans isomerization was confirmed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 1657–1664, 1999     

Synthesis and some properties of a polyamide containing trans-2,5-linked tetrahydropyran rings in the main chain

A novel polyamide containing trans-2,5-linked tetrahydropyran rings in the main chain, poly(trans-tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyliminocarbonyl) (trans-polyamide 6 ), was synthesized by the two-stage polycondensation of ethyl or 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl trans-5-aminotetrahydropyran-2-carboxylate ( 5b or 5c ). The polycondensation was carried out first in m-cresol at 180°C. The isolated polymer of a relatively low molecular weight was then allowed to react further in a solid state at different temperatures between 180 and 230°C under vacuum. The trans-polyamide 6 thus obtained was soluble only in protic solvents such as m-cresol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-isopropanol, and trifluoroacetic acid. The viscosity numbers of 6 were up to 0.46 dL/g in m-cresol at 25°C. DSC and TGA analyses of 6 showed that the thermal decomposition occurred at about 350°C in nitrogen, whereas a rapid weight decrease due to the thermooxidative decomposition started at about 300°C in air. The moisture sorption isotherm was determined on coarsely ground samples of 6 at 25°C and compared with those for the structurally-related polyamides 2 and 4 . © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

A monooxorhenium(V) complex with an unusually long Re=O bond: the structure of [ReOI2(ame)(PPh3)] (Hame=2-(2-aminophenyl)ethanol)

The complex [ReOI₂(ame)(PPh₃)] (Hame=2-(2-aminophenyl)ethanol) was prepared from trans-[ReOI₂(OEt) (PPh₃)₂] and Hame in benzene. It contains an unusually long Re=O bond (1.717(5)?Å) and a large trans O=Re–O (ethanolate) bond angle of 171.4(2)°.     

Synthese und pericyclische Reaktionen von 4, 4a-Dehydro-α-bicyclofarnesensäureester

The title compound 3 was isolated after pyrolysis of cis/trans- 1 at 240°, respectively of cis/trans- 8 at 156°. Thermolysis of cis/trans- 8 at 111° resulted in the deconjugated product 9 , which subsequently could be rearranged via a [1,7] H-shift preferentially into the trans-isomer of 8 . Upon heating at 250°, 3 underwent a series of pericyclic reactions to furnish 11 , whereas epi- 3 did not react under these conditions.     

trans‐Dichloro(dimethyl sulfide‐κS)(pyridine‐κN)platinum(II)

The structure of the title compound, [PtCl₂(C₅H₅N)(C₂H₆S)], consists of discrete mol­ecules in which the Pt‐atom coordination is slightly distorted square planar. The Cl atoms are trans to each other, with a Cl—Pt—Cl angle of 176.60 (7)°. The pyridine ligand is rotated 64.5 (2)° from the Pt square plane and one of the Pt—Cl bonds essentially bisects the C—S—C angle of the di­methyl sulfide ligand. In the crystal structure, there are extensive weak C—H⋯Cl interactions, the shortest of which connects mol­ecules into centrosymmetric dimers. A comparison of the structural trans influence on Pt—S and Pt—­N distances for PtS(CH₃)₂ and Pt(pyridine) fragments, respectively, in square‐planar Pt^II complexes is presented.     

4,5,9,10‐Tetrahydro‐4‐methyl‐2‐phenyl‐9,10‐epoxy‐3H,10aH‐cyclobuta[a]benzo[2,3,4‐de]isoquinoline‐3,5‐dione

In the title compound, C₂₁H₁₅NO₃, which is one of the photoreaction products of N‐methyl‐1,8‐naphthalene­dicar­box­imide with phenyl­acetyl­ene, the cyclo­butene and epoxy rings are trans to each other across the cyclo­hexene ring of the tetralin moiety. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the cyclo­butene and cyclo­hexene rings is 112.80 (2)°, while the latter makes a dihedral angle of 103.70 (9)° with the epoxy ring. The crystal structure is stabilized by C—H⋯O intermolecular interactions.     

4‐Amino‐7‐(2‐de­oxy‐2‐fluoro‐β‐d‐arabinofuranos­yl)‐5‐fluoro‐7H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidine: a bis‐fluorinated analogue of 2′‐deoxy­tubercidin

The title compound, C₁₁H₁₂F₂N₄O₃, exhibits an anti glycosylic bond conformation, with a torsion angle χ = −117.8 (2)°. The sugar pucker is N‐type (C4′‐exo, between ³T₄ and E₄, with P = 45.3° and τ_m = 41.3°). The conformation around the exocyclic C—C bond is −ap (trans), with a torsion angle γ = −177.46 (15)°. The nucleobases are stacked head‐to‐head. The crystal structure is characterized by a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond network involving N—H⋯O, O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.     

Die thermische Umlagerung von 2-(Buta-1′,3′-dienyl)-phenolen in 2-Alkyl-2H-chromene; Beispiele für aromatische [1,7a]- und [1,5s]sigmatropische Wasserstoffverschiebungen

2-(1′-cis,3′-cis-)- and 2-(1′-cis,3′-trans-Penta-1′,3′-dienyl)-phenol (cis, cis- 4 and cis, trans- 4 , cf. scheme 1) rearrange thermally at 85–110° via [1,7 a] hydrogen shifts to yield the o-quinomethide 2 (R ? CH₃) which rapidly cyclises to give 2-ethyl-2H-chromene ( 7 ). The trans formation of cis, cis- and cis, trans- 4 into 7 is accompanied by a thermal cis, trans isomerisation of the 3′ double bond in 4. The isomerisation indicates that [1,7 a] hydrogen shifts in 2 compete with the electrocyclic ring closure of 2 . The isomeric phenols, trans, trans- and trans, cis- 4 , are stable at 85–110° but at 190° rearrange also to form 7 . This rearrangement is induced by a thermal cis, trans isomerisation of the 1′ double bond which occurs via [1, 5s] hydrogen shifts. Deuterium labelling experiments show that the chromene 7 is in equilibrium with the o-quinomethide 2 (R ? CH₃), at 210°. Thus, when 2-benzyl-2H-chromene ( 9 ) or 2-(1′-trans,3′-trans,-4′-phenyl-buta1′,3′-dienyl)-phenol (trans, trans- 6 ) is heated in diglyme solution at >200°, an equilibrium mixture of both compounds (～ 55% 9 and 45% 6 ) is obtained.     

Thermisches Verhalten von o-Dipropenylbenzol,Beispiel einer aromatischen [1,7]-sigmatropischen H-Verschiebung. Vorläufige Mitteilung

cis, cis-, cis, trans- and trans, trans-o-Dipropenylbenzene (cis, cis-, cis, trans- and trans, trans- 1 ) were prepared. At 225° cis, cis- 1 isomerises to give cis, trans- 1 and vice versa. The isomerisation follows 1. order kinetics. At equilibrium 89% cis, trans- and 11% cis, cis- 1 are present. It is shown by deuterium labelling that the isomerisation is due to aromatic [1, 7 a] sigmatropic H-shifts. trans, trans- 1 rearranges at 225° to yield 2, 3-dimethyl-1, 2-dihydronaphthalene ( 3 ). This can be visualized by disrotatory ring closure of trans, trans- 1 followed by an aromatic [1, 5 s] H-shift. When cis, cis- or cis, trans- 1 are heated for 153 hrs at 225° a small amount (3%) of 1-ethyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene ( 5 ) is formed.     

6‐Aza‐2′‐deoxy‐2′‐arabino­fluoro­uridine,a 2′‐deoxy­ribonucleoside with an N‐sugar conformation in the solid state and in solution

In the title compound, 2‐(2‐deoxy‐2‐fluoro‐β‐d ‐arabino­fur­anosyl)‐1,2,4‐triazine‐3,5(2H,4H)‐dione, C₈H₁₀FN₃O₅, the torsion angle of the N‐gly­cosylic bond is anti [χ = −125.37 (13)°]. The furan­ose moiety adopts the N‐type sugar pucker (³T₂), with P = 359.2° and τ_m = 31.4°. The conformation around the C4′—C5′ bond is antiperiplanar (trans), with a torsion angle γ of 177.00 (11)°. A network is formed via hydrogen bonds from the nucleobases to the sugar residues, as well as through hydrogen bonds between the sugar moieties.