Conformational analysis of N,N,N‐Trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide by NMR spectroscopy: a sterically hindered trans‐standard |
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Authors: | Albert Tianxiang Liu Mrinmoy Nag William R Carroll John D Roberts |
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Institution: | Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, , Pasadena, California, 91125 |
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Abstract: | A predominantly trans‐1,2‐disubstituted ethane system – N,N,N‐trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide – is of particular interest for conformational analysis, because it contains both an organic and a highly polar substituent, making it soluble and thus applicable to study in a large variety of solvents. The fraction of the trans conformer of this molecule in a wide range of protic and aprotic solvents was determined by the nuclear magnetic resonance proton couplings to be approximately 90%, in contrast to the previously assumed 100%. The consistently strong preference of the trans conformation should establish N,N,N‐trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide as a possibly useful ‘trans‐standard’ in conformational analysis, much more so than 1,2‐ditert‐butylethane, which has a poor solubility in many solvents. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | NMR 1H N N N‐trimethyl‐(3 3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide conformational analysis trans‐standard |
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