Thermal intramolecular rearrangement of methyl-1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes in the gas phase. II. Thermodynamic data from equilibrium studies of the positional isomers

1968 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt W. Egger
2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (24) ◽  
pp. 9646-9653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Zhao ◽  
Eric Flaim ◽  
Lise Huynh ◽  
Michael J. Y. Jarvis ◽  
Ping Cheng ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (24) ◽  
pp. 5481-5488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Vachet ◽  
Barney M. Bishop ◽  
Bruce W. Erickson ◽  
Gary L. Glish

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Bomberger ◽  
J.L. Bomben ◽  
A. Amirbahman ◽  
M. Asaro

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Lo Presti ◽  
Raffaella Soave ◽  
Mariangela Longhi ◽  
Emanuele Ortoleva

Polymorphism in the highly flexible organic Schiff-base macrocycle ligand 3,6,9,17,20,23-hexa-azapentacyclo(23.3.1.111,15.02,6.016,20)triaconta-1(29),9,11,13,15(30),23,25,27-octaene (DIEN, C24H30N6) has been studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and both solid-state and gas-phase density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In the literature, only solvated structures of the title compound are known. Two new polymorphs and a new solvated form of DIEN, all obtained from the same solvent with different crystallization conditions, are presented for the first time. They all have P\bar 1 symmetry, with the macrocycle positioned on inversion centres. The two unsolvated polymorphic forms differ in the number of molecules in the asymmetric unit Z′, density and cohesive energy. Theoretical results confirm that the most stable form is (II°), with Z′ = 1.5. Two distinct molecular conformations have been found, named `endo' or `exo' according to the orientation of the imine N atoms, which can be directed towards the interior or the exterior of the macrocycle. The endo arrangement is ubiquitous in the solid state and is shared by two independent molecules which constitute an invariant supramolecular synthon in all the known crystal forms of DIEN. It is also the most stable arrangement in the gas phase. The exo form, on the other hand, appears only in phase (II°), which contains both the conformers. Similarities and differences among the occurring packing motifs, as well as solvent effects, are discussed with the aid of Hirshfeld surface fingerprint plots and correlated to the results of the energy analysis. A possible interconversion path in the gas phase between the endo and the exo conformers has been found by DFT calculations; it consists of a two-step mechanism with activation energies of the order of 30–40 kJ mol−1. These findings have been related to the empirical evidence that the most stable phase (II°) is also the last appearing one, in accordance with Ostwald's rule.


1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 913 ◽  
Author(s):  
WK Li ◽  
J Baker ◽  
L Radom

The rearrangement of the fulminate anion (CNO-) to the cyanate anion (OCN-) has been examined by using high-level ab initio molecular orbital calculations which include a diffuse-function-augmented polarization basis set and electron correlation incorporated at the full fourth-order Moller-Plesset level (MP4). The reaction is predicted to be exothermic by 275 kJ mol-1. Our best calculations indicate theinvolvement of a metastable cyclic oxazirinyl anion intermediate. However, this lies in an extremely shallow potential well and, in contrast to the predictions of semiempirical calculations, is unlikely to have more than a fleeting existence. The fulminate and cyanate anions are calculated to be stable with respect to electron loss and stable with respect to intramolecular rearrangement; accordingly, both should be observable gas-phase species.


2006 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Vial ◽  
Rajeev K. Thakur ◽  
A. Pérez Quintáns ◽  
G. Djelveh ◽  
L. Picgirard

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