Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 98. Stereodynamics of bond rotation in beta-hydroxyesters

The dynamic processes due to restricted intramolecular motions have been observed in a number of variously substituted beta-hydroxyesters by variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy. The barriers for three such processes (i.e. Ph-C, t-Bu-C, and C(alpha)-C(beta) bond rotation) have been measured.     

Conformational behaviour of non-fused biheterocycles. Part XV. Isomeric phenylisoxazoles

The conformational behaviour of isomeric phenylisoxazoles has been investigated at the STO-3G level optimizing the most significant geometrical parameters. The energy minima of the two isomers having an heteroatom in an ortho position correspond to planar structures, whereas the 4-isomer has a twisted equilibrium conformation. This confirms that H? H non-bonded repulsions are stronger than (lone-pair)-H ones. The similar conformational behaviour of corresponding phenylfurans and phenylisoxazoles shows that the second heteroatom has a negligible effect and that the conformational behaviour of non-fused biheterocycles is dictated by the nature of the ortho substituents.     

Conformational studies by dynamic nmr. Part 18. Restricted rotation in nitrosobenzene and phenylhydrazine

The barriers to Ph-N rotation in the title compounds have been determined by C-13 NMR. The values are 7.6 and 6.9 kcal mol^?1 respectively.     

The amide rotational barrier in isonicotinamide: Dynamic NMR and ab initio studies

We report use of dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to measure the amide rotational barrier in isonicotinamide. A significant challenge to obtaining good transition rates from dynamic NMR data is suppression of errors due to inherent line widths associated with transverse relaxation. We address this challenge with a fitting procedure that incorporates transverse relaxation over the temperature range of interest simply and reliably. The fitting model is nonlinear in only one of the fit parameters, namely, the activation enthalpy. This reduces parameter estimation to solution of a single transcendental equation, which avoids both a fine search over a multidimensional parameter space and extrapolation of a "limiting line width" solely from slow-exchange data. The activation enthalpy Delta H++ measured for isonicotinamide, +14.1 +/- 0.2 kcal/mol, falls between those of its regioisomers picolinamide and nicotinamide, which were reported in an earlier study. In that study, ab initio calculations of the rotational barriers helped to discern the relative importance of steric, electronic, and hydrogen-bonding effects in this biochemically significant combination of pyridine-ring and carboxamide moieties. A direct comparison between isonicotinamide and nicotinamide, where steric and hydrogen-bonding effects differ only slightly, permits a closer study of electronic considerations.     

Conformational studies by dynamic nmr. Part 29. Interchange of symmetry between the ground and excited rotational states of the isomeric n,n-diisopropylnaphthylamines.

Low temperature NMR spectra show that the rotational ground state of N,N-diisopropyl-1-naphthylamine is perpendicular whereas that of its isomer (N,N-diisopropyl-2-naphthylamine) is planar: their rotational barriers have been measured (15.4 and 6.3 Kcal/mol respectively).     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR spectroscopy. Part 96: Stereomutations of highly hindered naphthylphenyl atropisomers in solution and in the solids

When a benzene ring bears two 2-methyl-1-naphthyl moieties in the para, meta or ortho positions as in 1,4-bis(2-methyl-1-naphthyl)benzene, 1, 1,3-bis(2-methyl-1-naphthyl)benzene, 2 and 1,2-bis(2-methyl-1-naphthyl)benzene 3, two rotational isomers (atropisomers) are generated, with the two naphthyl substituents in a syn or anti relationship. In the case of the para and meta derivatives (1 and 2, respectively) these atropisomers could not be separated but were detected by NMR spectroscopy, that also allowed the determination of their syn-anti interconversion barriers in solution (19.5 and 20.4 kcal mol⁻¹, respectively) and, in the case of 2, also in the solid state (26.7 kcal mol⁻¹). In the more hindered ortho derivative 3, the syn (meso) and anti (racemic) atropisomers interconvert in solution with a barrier (31.2 kcal mol⁻¹) sufficiently high to allow their physical separation. The racemic form could also be separated (by enantioselective HPLC) into the PP and MM enantiomers. Analysis of the corresponding CD spectra allowed the assignment of the absolute configuration. When three such naphthyl substituents are bonded to the phenyl in a meta relationship, two atropisomers in statistical proportions were observed: the anti (C_s symmetry) and the syn (C_3v symmetry) display a 3:1 ratio at the equilibrium in solution. This ratio is different in the solid state, as is the interconversion barrier (22.1 and 32.1 kcal mol⁻¹ in solution and in the solid, respectively).     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 100. Enantiomerization process of stereolabile atropisomers in pyridine-substituted adamantane derivatives

The barriers for interconverting the conformational enantiomers (stereolabile atropisomers) of pyridine-substituted adamantane derivatives have been determined by dynamic 13C NMR spectroscopy. The trend of these values parallels that anticipated by MM calculations. In at least one case, the computed structure was found to agree with that obtained by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In addition, it has been possible to achieve a physical separation of a pair of these stereolabile atropisomers at -60 degrees C by means of the enantioselective cryogenic HPLC technique.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 91. Conformational stereodynamics of tetraethylmethane and analogous C(CH2X)4 compounds

Variable-temperature NMR studies of tetraethylmethane (1a), tetrapropylmethane (1b), tetrachloromethylmethane (1c), tetrabromomethylmethane (1d), tetracyclopropylmethylmethane (1e), and tetrabenzylmethane (1f) show a range of dynamic behavior. Separate signals for two types of conformation are observed for 1a, 1c, and 1d at low temperatures, with more than 95% of the molecules in a time-averaged D2d conformation, and the S4 conformation as the minor populated alternative. Compound 1e populates only S4-type conformations but equilibrates slowly between degenerate versions of these at low temperatures. Compounds 1b and 1f show a temperature-dependent spectrum but the low-temperature limit spectrum could not be observed. Ab initio calculations agree well with experiment on the conformational equilibria and suggest in particular that compounds 1b and 1f behave similarly to compounds 1a and 1e, respectively. A crystal structure of compound 1f is reported.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 90. Structure and stereodynamics of the rotamers of di- and tri-alpha-naphthylphenyl derivatives

The crystal structure of 1,3,5-tris(4-methylnaphth-1-yl)benzene, 1, shows one naphthyl substituent in an anti relationship to the other two. On the other hand, low temperature (-70 degrees C) (1)H NMR spectra in solution show the presence of a second rotational conformer (rotamer) having all the three naphthyl substituents in a syn relationship. The interconversion barrier between the anti (77%) and syn (23%) rotamers of 1 was determined by line shape simulation of the temperature-dependent NMR spectra (Delta G(++) = 12.1 kcal mol(-1)). In the analogous disubstituted meta and paraderivatives, that is, 1,3- and 1,4-bis(4-methylnaphth-1-yl)benzene (2 and 3, respectively), the presence of both the anti and syn rotamers was also detected by low-temperature NMR spectroscopy. In the latter compounds, the proportions of the anti and syn forms are nearly equal, and the corresponding anti to syn interconversion barriers were found to be lower (11.4 and 11.1(5) kcal mol(-1), respectively) than those of the trisubstituted derivative 1.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 89. Stereomutation and cryogenic enantioseparation of conformational antipodes of hindered aryl oximes

Aryl benzyl oximes having the configuration Z give rise to stereolabile atropisomers when a halogen atom is present in the ortho position of the aryl moiety, as a consequence of the restricted aryl-CN bond rotation. By means of dynamic (1)H NMR spectroscopy it has been possible to determine the corresponding rotation barrier, hence the lifetime of the atropisomers that, in the case of the iodine derivative, was found sufficiently long as to allow a physical separation to be achieved on an appropriately cooled enantioselective HPLC column. Comparison of the barriers determined by dynamic NMR and dynamic HPLC proved the equivalence of the two techniques. When the iodine atom was substituted by an alpha-naphthyl group, two dynamic processes were observed. That with the lower barrier could be determined by NMR and that with the higher barrier by HPLC, thus outlining the complementarity of these two techniques.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 97. Structure, conformation, stereodynamics and enantioseparation of aryl substituted norbornanes

The structure of a 1,7,7-triaryl norbornane (compound 3) has been determined by X-ray diffraction and was found essentially equal to that predicted by molecular mechanics calculations. Restricted rotation of the aryl groups also has been observed by dynamic NMR spectroscopy in this compound and in a number of analogously substituted norbornanes. The aryl-norbornane bond rotation barriers were measured by line shape analysis of the (13)C NMR spectra obtained at temperatures lower than -100 degrees C and were found to cover the range 6.0 to 7.9 kcal mol(-1). An exception was the rotation involving the o-anisyl group in compound 5, which occurs near ambient temperature since the corresponding barrier is much higher (14.4 kcal mol(-1)). In one case (compound 4) configurational enantiomers could be separated by chiral HPLC and the corresponding CD spectra recorded.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 95. Rotation around the adamantyl-alkyl bond. Remote substituent effect on conformational equilibrium

Restricted rotation has been observed by NMR spectroscopy at very low temperature in isopropyladamantane, 1-tert-butyl-3-isopropyladamantane, and 1,3-diisopropyladamantane. The barriers for the corresponding dynamic processes were also determined. In the case of the disubstituted adamantane derivatives, two and four conformers, respectively, were observed and they were assigned on the basis of the symmetry properties. The relative populations deviate from the statistical distribution.     

Very-low-pressure pyrolysis of N-methyl aniline and N,N-dimethyl aniline. Enthalpy of formation of the anilino and N-methyl anilino radicals

The kinetics of the thermal unimolecular decompositions of N-methyl aniline and N,N-dimethyl aniline into anilino and N-methyl anilino radicals, respectively, have been studied under very low-pressure conditions. The enthalpies of formation of both radicals, ΔH°_f,298°K(Ph?H,g) = 55.1 and ΔH°_f,298°K(Ph?Me,g) = 53.2 kcal/mol, which have been derived from the experimental data, lead to BDE(PhNH-H) = 86.4 ± 2, BDE[PhN(Me)-H] = 84.9 ± 2 kcal/mol and to a value of 16.4 kcal/mol for the stabilization energy of the PhNH radical (relative to MeNH). These results are discussed in connection with earlier work. At high temperatures, the anilino radical loses HNC and forms the very stable cyclopentadienyl radical, a decomposition comparable to that of the phenoxy radical.     

Conformational studies by dynamic NMR. 94.1 cogwheel pathway for the stereomutations of durene derivatives containing the mesityl ring

The low-temperature NMR spectra of 1,4-bis(mesitoyl)durene, 1, and of 1,4-bis(mesitylethenyl)durene, 2, reveal the presence of syn and anti rotamers at the equilibrium, their relative proportions depending on the dielectric constant of the solvent. In solution the more stable rotamer of 1 is the anti whereas, in the case of 2, the more stable is the syn. Depending on the crystallization solvent employed the more (anti) and the less stable (syn) rotamers were both observed (X-ray diffraction) in the solid state of 1. On the other hand, only the less stable rotamer (anti) was found to be present in the solid state of 2. As shown by MM calculations, the syn-to-anti interconversion occurs via a correlated process (cogwheel pathway) involving the mesityl-C and durene-C bond rotations: the dynamic NMR technique yields an experimental barrier of 8.2 kcal mol(-)(1) for 1 and 13.1 kcal mol(-)(1) for 2. In the case of derivative 2 a second barrier, due to a second type of correlated rotation process (torsion), was also determined (8.6 kcal mol(-)(1)). As a consequence of the restriction of this second torsional motion the anti rotamer of 2 displays two distinguishable NMR spectra at -133 degrees C, corresponding to a pair of conformers with different symmetry (anti C(i)() and anti C(2)).