(1) Russian Academy of Sciences, A. E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry of the Kazan Research Center, 8 ul. Akad. Arbuzova, 420088 Kazan, Russian Federation;(2) Kazan State University, 18 ul. Kremlevskaya, 420008 Kazan, Russian Federation
Abstract:
The joint FTIR spectroscopic study and ab initio quantum-chemical calculations (HF/3-21G and PBE/TZ2P methods) showed that thiocalix4] arene molecules adopt the cone conformation in CCl4 solutions. The weakening of the cooperative intramolecular H bond in thiocalix4]arenes compared to the corresponding calix4]arenes can be due to the larger thiocalixarene macrocycle, bifurcated hydrogen bond in it, and electron density transfer from the bridging S atom to the benzene ring.