A proton magnetic resonance determination of the small rotational barriers about the C—Si bond in phenyl derivatives of chloro and methyl silanes

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. E. Parr ◽  
Ted Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Proton Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Low Energy Conformations

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants between protons bonded to silicon and ring protons in C6H5SiH3, C6H5SiH2Cl, C6H5SiH2CH3, C6H5SiHCl2, and C6H5SiH(CH3)2 are determined from the proton magnetic resonance spectra of benzene solutions. A hindered rotor treatment of the barrier to internal rotation about the C—Si bond, in conjunction with the coupling constants over six bonds, allows the deduction of the low-energy conformations for C6H5SiH(CH3)2 and for C6H5SiHCl2, as well as of barriers of 1.0 ± 0.2 kcal/mol. The approach becomes less reliable for C6H5SiH2CH3 and for C6H5SiH2Cl and, particularly for the latter compound, the derived barrier is very likely an upper limit only. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations of the conformational energies are reported for C6H5SiH3, C6H5SiH2Cl, and for C6H5SiHCl2.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra, Conformations, Spin Coupling Mechanisms, and INDO Molecular Orbital Calculations for the Monofluorobenzaldehydes and some Derivatives

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (19) ◽  
pp. 3216-3228 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wasylishen ◽  
T. Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Conformational Preferences ◽  
Coupling Parameters ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Spectra

Precise analyses of the proton and some fluorine magnetic resonance spectra in acetone solution are reported for the three monofluorobenzaldehydes as well as for 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzaldehyde and for 4-fluoro-2-nitrobenzaldehyde. The conformational dependence of the coupling parameters allows the measurement of energy differences between the O-cis and O-trans conformations. The energy differences are in better agreement with the INDO predictions than they are with energies derived from i.r. data. Di-pole moments are computed reliably and their measurement is suggested as a good guide to conformational preferences for molecules of this kind. The spin–spin coupling constants between the aldehyde proton and the ring protons and fluorine nuclei are computed for benzaldehyde and the three monofluorobenzaldehydes by the INDO and CNDO molecular orbital approximations. In many instances the agreement between calculated and observed couplings is quantitative.

Conformational dependence of long-range spin-spin coupling constants in 2,6-dichlorobenzylfluoride

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (19) ◽  
pp. 3688-3690 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
C. M. Wong ◽  
K. C. Tam
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Proton Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Resonance Spectrum ◽  
Double Resonance ◽  
Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectrum ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

Double resonance experiments on the proton magnetic resonance spectrum of 2,6-dichlorobenzylfluoride yield the signs of the long-range coupling constants between the ring protons and the fluorine nuclei and protons in the fluoromethyl group. The signs and magnitudes of the long-range couplings are discussed in terms of their dependence on the conformation of the fluoromethyl group.

Through-space or proximate 19F,19F and 19F,1H spin–spin coupling constants in some benzenesulfonyl fluoride derivatives

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (22) ◽  
pp. 3564-3568 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. E. Parr ◽  
Ted Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Proton Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Conformational Preference ◽  
Fluorine Nucleus ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The analysis of the fluorine and proton magnetic resonance spectra of 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonyl fluoride and of 2,5-difluorobenzenesulfonyl fluoride yields the signs and magnitudes of the spin–spin coupling constants containing a through-space component. The coupling between the fluorine nucleus and the methyl protons over five bonds is +1.9 Hz, opposite in sign to the −3.1 Hz observed for the corresponding coupling in 2,6-dimethylbenzoyl fluoride. The difference of 5 Hz is possibly a consequence of the different conformational preference of the SO2F and COF substituents. The coupling over four bonds between the fluorine nucleus on the side chain and that on the ring is +11.6 Hz in 2,5-difluorobenzenesulfonyl fluoride. It is argued that this value indicates a preference of the S—F bond for a plane lying, on average, nearly perpendicular to the benzene ring. Similar indications are noted for pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl fluoride and for pentafluorobenzenesulfinyl fluoride.

scholarly journals Nuclear magnetic resonance and molecular orbital studies of the conformational preferences of the fluoromethyl group in some benzylfluoride derivatives

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1322-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
J. Brian Rowbotham ◽  
William J. E. Parr ◽  
Kirk Marat ◽  
Alexander F. Janzen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Fluorine Atom ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Dipole Interactions ◽  
Conformational Preferences ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The proton magnetic resonance spectra of some benzylfluoride derivatives yield long-range spin–spin coupling constants between ring protons and protons or fluorine nuclei in the fluoromethyl group. In conjunction with the eigenfunctions for a hindered twofold rotor, the couplings over six bonds are used to show that in 3,5-dichlorobenzylfluoride in solution the C—F bond prefers the benzene plane by 260 ± 50 cal/mol; in close agreement with ab initia and MINDO/3 molecular orbital calculations. The latter method suggests that in a conformation in which the C—F bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the benzene ring, the C – C – F angle reduces to 107.2° and the C – C – H angles become 116.1°, perhaps due to increased conjugation of the C—F bond or fluorine atom with the π electrons of the ring. The observed barrier is presumably a delicate balance between steric interactions, hyperconjugation or p–p conjugation effects, and dipole–dipole interactions between polarized bonds.

The structure and internal rotational barrier of 3-phenyl-1-propyne by molecular orbital calculations and the J method

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 1496-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Glenn H. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Geometry Optimization ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Three Solutions ◽  
Spectral Parameters ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectral parameters are reported for 3-phenyl-1-propyne dissolved in CCl4, C6D6, and in acetone-d6. The long-range spin–spin coupling constants imply very small and perhaps vanishing barriers to internal rotation about the [Formula: see text] bond in all three solutions, in contrast to benzyl cyanide in which there exist significant solvent perturbations of the internal barrier. STO 3G MO computations, utilizing geometry optimization procedures, imply an internal rotational potential of V/kJ mol−1 = −2.8 sin2 ψ − 0.6 sin2 2ψ; the angle ψ is 90° when the C≡C bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the benzene plane. 6-31G MO energies imply V/kJ mol−1 = −0.3 sin2 ψ − 0.4 sin2 2ψ, the fourfold component being larger than the twofold. A flat minimum occurs near ψ = 50°.

Proton Magnetic Resonance Studies of Rotational Isomerism in Halotoluenes VIII. Stereospecific 1H–9F Coupling Constants and Conformations of some Fluoro and Chloro Derivatives of Benzalchloride

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2033-2036 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Hutton ◽  
J. B. Rowbotham ◽  
B. H. Barber ◽  
T. Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Proton Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Rotational Isomerism ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Fluorine Nucleus ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Chloro Derivatives ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of

In solution the 2-fluoro-5-chloro-, 2-fluoro-6-chloro-3-nitro-, 2-fluoro-6-chloro-5-nitro-, and 2,4,5-trichloro-benzalchlorides prefer conformations in which the C— bond of the side-chain lies in the plane of the aromatic ring. This C—H bond eclipses that ortho C—X bond (X = H, F, Cl) in which X is smaller than Y = H, F, Cl in the C—Y bond, also ortho to the dichloromethyl group. The long-range spin–spin coupling constants between the proton in the side-chain and the ring protons or fluorine nucleus are stereospecific. In particular, the coupling over four bonds between the side-chain proton and the ring fluorine is −0.3 Hz when the C—H and C—F bonds are arranged cis to each other but is −2.5 Hz when these bonds have a transoid planar arrangement.

Derivatives of diphenylmethane. Preferred conformations and barriers to internal rotation by the J method

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (14) ◽  
pp. 1881-1886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Walter Niemczura ◽  
Werner Danchura ◽  
Timothy A. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Internal Rotation ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Conformational Properties ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Rotor Model

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants over six bonds, 6JpH,CH, in 3,5-dibromodiphenylmethane and 4,4′-difluorodiphenylmethane, respectively, imply that the ground state conformations of these molecules have C2v symmetry (gable conformations). In terms of a hindered rotor model which assumes a twofold barrier to internal rotation about the exocyclic carbon–carbon bond, the barrier in the dibromo derivatives is 1.1 ± 0.3 kcal/mol. A satisfactory fit to the temperature dependence of 6JpF,CH is found for a gable conformation. If the conformational properties of these molecules and of diphenylmethane are determined mainly by steric interactions between ortho C—H bonds on neighbouring phenyl groups, it seems likely that the results above are a first approximation to the conformational behaviour of diphenylmethane. Some molecular orbital calculations are in semiquantitative agreement with the conclusions based on coupling constants.

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