Dynamic stereochemistry of 2,3,12,13-tetrathia- and -tetraselena[4,4]metacyclophanes
Keyword(s):
H Nmr
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2,3,12,13-Tetrathia- and –tetraselena[4,4]metacyclophanes exhibit temperature dependent 1H nmr spectra in which the methylene resonances change from AB spectra in the low temperature limit to singlets at higher temperatures. Coalescence temperatures are 256 and 208 K, respectively, and a complete line-shape analysis yields [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. The spectra and thermodynamic data are interpreted in terms of a mechanism involving interconversion of syn conformers with little or no involvement of the anti conformers previously assumed to dominate in this type of molecule.