Die Konformeren des 5,5-Dimethyl-3,7-dithia-1,2-benzocycloheptens-(1) und ihre Umwandlungen Konformative Beweglichkeit flexibler Ringsysteme—XV. Untersuchungen mit Hilfe der Protonenresonanzspektroskopie

The temperature dependence of the NMR spectrum of 5,5-dimethyl-3,7-dithia-1,2-benzocyclo-heptene-( 1 ) is described and discussed. This compound occurs in two conformers with different topographies of the seven membered ring. From the chemical shift of the 2 geminal methyl groups (obtained by low-temperature spectra) it can be shown that the ring occurs in one case in the chair form and in the other case in the twist form. The free conformational energy of the twist form is only about 20 cal/mole. Two conformational changes can be distinguished: the conversion between chair and twist forms and the pseudorotation of the twist forms. The free activation enthalpies of the conversion (ΔG_V^≠) and the pseudorotation (ΔG_P^≠) are 12·6 ± 0·1 Kcal/mole (at ?12°C) and 8·3 ± 0·3 Kcal/mole (at ?95°C) respectively.