The internal rotational potential in benzyl chloride

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1322-1325
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Rudy Sebastian ◽  
Glenn H. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Internal Rotation ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Benzyl Chloride ◽  
Polar Solvent ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Molecular Orbital Theory ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
H Nmr

The 1H nmr spectra of benzyl chloride in dilute CS2 and acetone-d6 solutions are analyzed. The long-range coupling constants are consistent only with a low-energy conformation in which the C—Cl bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the benzene plane. Geometry optimized computations at the STO 3G level of molecular orbital theory agree with this conclusion and yield a nearly pure twofold barrier to internal rotation of 8.6 kJ/mol. In CS2 solution the long-range couplings yield 8.8 kJ/mol, rising to 11.2 kJ/mol in acetone solution. This increase in the internal barrier in a polar solvent is similar to that found for benzyl fluoride, but in the latter the barrier itself is very much smaller than in benzyl chloride.

Long-range 1H,19F and 13C,19F coupling constants and molecular orbital computations as indicators of internal motion in C6H5OCF3 and its 4-fluoro derivative

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1047-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Glenn H. Penner ◽  
Rudy Sebastian ◽  
James Peeling ◽  
Christian Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Solvent Polarity ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Molecular Orbital Theory ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Fluoro Derivative ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra ◽  
Nonpolar Solution

Internal rotational potentials for rotation about the Csp2—O bond in C6H5OCF3 and its 4-fluoro derivative are computed at the STO-3G and 3-12G levels of molecular orbital theory. As for anisole, the perpendicular conformer is calculated as least stable for C6H5OCF3 but the height of the internal barrier is considerably lower than in anisole. The 4-fluoro substituent reduces the twofold component significantly, indicating reduced p …π conjugation, but does not much change the values of the higher terms in the theoretical potentials. The internal potentials are rather flat with minima between about 30° and 45°, these angles measuring the twist away from planarity. The 1H, 13C, and 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectra in polar and nonpolar solution yield long-range coupling constants, nJ(1H,19F) and nJ(13C,19F). These parameters are qualitatively consistent with relatively low barriers to rotation about the Csp2—O bonds in these molecules and with only a small dependence on solvent polarity. Key words: C6H5OCF3 and 4-F-C6H4OCF3: 1H NMR, 19F NMR, conformations, MO computations.

An increased internal rotational barrier in thiophenol caused by meta substituents

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 2471-2475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
James D. Baleja ◽  
Glenn H. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Theory ◽  
Mo Calculations ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
Spin Coupling Constants ◽  
Internal Barriers ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The twofold internal barriers to rotation about the C—S bond in 3,5-diX-thiophenols were determined in solution from long-range spin–spin coupling constants. They are 3.4, 4.85, 5.3, 6.45, and 7.25 ± 10% kJ/mol for X = H, CH3, OCH3, F, and Cl, respectively. In 3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxythiophenol, V2 is −0.8 kJ/mol as compared to −1.9 kJ/mol in 4-methoxythiophenol. The para substituent here dominates. The observed barriers are in rough agreement with arguments based on perturbation molecular orbital theory and with MO calculations of changes in the barrier caused by substituents. The computed values appear as nearly pure twofold barriers with very small fourfold components.

The conformational distribution of 2-cyanobenzaldehyde and 3-cyanobenzaldehyde in solution and in the vapor

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1039-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Kerry J. Cox ◽  
Rudy Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Orbital Theory ◽  
Spectral Parameters ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Proton Coupling ◽  
Spin Spin Coupling

The 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 2-cyanobenzaldehyde (2CNB) and 3-cyanobenzaldehyde (3CNB) in CS2/C6D12 and acetone-d6 solutions at 300 K yield precise stereospecific long-range proton–proton coupling constants. These are used to establish the conformational population of the o-cis and o-trans conformers of these relatively polar molecules. For example, the fractional o-cis population of 2CNB changes from 0.12(4) in CS2/C6D12 to 0.46(6) in acetone-d6, whereas that of 3CNB is 0.48(2) in both solvents. Extrapolation to the vapor phase, using a dielectric model, implies a negligible concentration of the o-cis conformer of 2CNB and a roughly 50% abundance of each conformer of 3CNB. Computations at various levels of molecular orbital theory provide estimates of the rotational barrier of the aldehyde moiety and confirm the planar structure of each conformer. The geometries of three conformers are given as obtained from the 6-31G MO basis and may be useful to molecular spectroscopists. Theoretical and experimental dipole moments are interpolated to yield estimates of their magnitudes for the four planar conformers. Somewhat less precise 1H nmr spectral parameters (than for the above solutions) are also obtained for dilute solutions in benzene-d6 at 300 K. The conformational distributions based on these parameters are compared with their only other measurement, based on dipolar moments in benzene at 298 K. Good agreement between the results of the two methods is found for 3CNB but not for 2CNB. It is suggested that specific interactions occur between benzene solvent and solute molecules, particularly for 3CNB, for which these interactions stabilize the conformer having a low dipole moment. Remarkable changes in the intraring proton–proton coupling constants occur in going from CS2/C6D12 to acetone-d6 solution. Key words: 2- and 3-cyanobenzaldehyde (2CNB and 3CNB): 1H NMR, conformations, long-range spin–spin coupling constants, MO computations.

2-Phenyladamantane as a model for axial phenylcyclohexane. 1H NMR and molecular orbital studies of motion about the Csp2—Csp3 bond

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Christian Beaulieu ◽  
Rudy Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Internal Rotation ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Opposite Sign ◽  
Symmetry Plane ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
Key Words 2 ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Internal Mobility

The 1H NMR spectra of the aromatic groups of 2-phenylcyclohexane and 2-phenyladamantane, in CS2/C6D12 solution at 300 K, are analyzed to yield the long-range coupling constants between the α and ring protons. The coupling over six bonds is related to the internal rotational potential about the Csp2—Csp3 bond in these molecules. It is confirmed that the equatorial isomer of phenylcyclohexane has the parallel conformer, that in which the aromatic plane lies in the symmetry plane bisecting the cyclohexane moiety, as the most stable. The apparent twofold barrier to rotation about the exocyclic carbon–carbon bond follows as 7.1 kJ/mol from the six-bond coupling constant. For 2-phenyladamantane, the six-bond coupling constant strongly implies that the perpendicular conformer, perhaps slightly skewed, is that of lowest energy and that the apparent twofold barrier to rotation about the Csp2—Csp3 bond is about 7.5 kJ/mol. Insofar as 2-phenyladamantane mimics axial phenylcyclohexane, these results confirm recent conclusions about the conformation of the latter and provide evidence for its internal mobility. Geometry-optimized AMI and STO-3G MO computations are reported for the internal motion in both isomers of phenylcyclohexane. The former agree best with experiment for the equatorial isomer, but both imply a significant fourfold, of opposite sign to the twofold, component of the internal rotational potential. For the axial isomer, the two sets of computations find a skewed perpendicular conformer as most stable, in rough agreement with force-field results. However, the barrier to rotation about the Csp2—Csp3 bond is computed as small and AMI has the parallel conformer as more stable than the perpendicular. Key words: 2-phenyladamantane, 1H NMR and internal rotation; phenylcyclohexane, 1H NMR and internal rotation; MO computations, 2-phenyladamantane and phenylcyclohexane.

A proton magnetic resonance determination of the rotational barrier in benzyl chloride and of the low energy conformations in benzyl bromide and iodide derivatives based on motionally averaged spin–spin interactions

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (20) ◽  
pp. 3210-3215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Leonard J. Kruczynski ◽  
William J. E. Parr
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Benzyl Chloride ◽  
Benzyl Bromide ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Spin Coupling ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Low Energy Conformations

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants over six bonds between side-chain and ring protons in benzyl chloride derivatives are combined with solutions to the hindered rotor problem to demonstrate that the twofold barrier to internal rotation in benzyl chloride is 2.1 ± 0.4 kcal/mol. The low energy conformation is that in which the C—Cl bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the aromatic plane. Molecular orbital calculations at the MINDO/3 and STO-3G levels indicate that the conformation in which the C—Cl bond lies in a plane having an angle of 60° to the aromatic plane has a higher energy; comparable to kT at ambient temperatures. The geometry-optimized STO-3G results agree quantitatively with the derived barrier for benzyl chloride. A semiempirical relationship between the long-range couplings over four bonds and the internal barrier for a number of benzyl compounds indicates a barrier of 3.1 kcal/mol for benzyl bromide and of 3.6 kcal/mol for benzyl iodide, these values being lower limits. The observed coupling constants are only consistent with low-energy conformations analogous to that for benzyl chloride, so that they contrast with the low-energy conformation for benzyl fluoride in which the C—F bond lies in the aromatic plane. The present method for the determination of twofold barriers in benzyl derivatives is useful in the range from about 0.2 to 2 kcal/mol.

Conformational structure of ethylene glycol dibenzoate. Vibrational and NMR spectra

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1913-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohdan Schneider ◽  
Pavel Sedláček ◽  
Jan Štokr ◽  
Danica Doskočilová ◽  
Jan Lövy
Keyword(s):  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Vibrational Spectra ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Conformational Structure ◽  
Infrared And Raman Spectra ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Liquid States ◽  
Crystalline Forms ◽  
C Nmr

It was found that three crystalline forms of ethylene glycol dibenzoate can be prepared. Infrared and Raman spectra of these three forms, as well as of the glassy and liquid states, were measured. From 3JHH coupling constants obtained by analysis of the 13C satellite band of the -CH2- group in 1H NMR spectra, and from the 3JCH coupling constants of the -CO.O.CH2- fragment obtained by analysis of the carbonyl band in 13C NMR spectra it was found that in the liquid state the -CH2-CH2- group exists predominantly in the gauche conformational structure, and the bonds C-O-C-C assume predominantly a trans orientation. The results of the analysis of NMR and vibrational spectra were used for the structural interpretation of conformationally sensitive bands in vibrational spectra of ethylene glycol dibenzoate.

15N, 13C, and 1H NMR Spectra of Azo and Hydrazo Compounds Derived from 1,3,3-Trimethyl-2-methylidene-2,3-dihydroindole (Fischer Base)

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 1012-1020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonín Lyčka ◽  
Josef Jirman ◽  
Alois Koloničný
Keyword(s):  
Double Bond ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Azo Compounds ◽  
Passive Component ◽  
Geometric Isomers ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Fischer Base ◽  
Hydrazone Form

The 15N, 13C, and 1H NMR spectra were measured for azo and hydrazo compounds derived from 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-methylidene-2,3-dihydroindole (Fischer base), which is a passive component with a terminal methylidene group. Products prepared by coupling in hydrochloric acid exist in the corresponding hydrazone form as the E-isomers. Neutralization gives a mixture of two isomeric azo compounds which differ in the arrangement at the C(2)=C(10) double bond. This mixture was alkylated with methyl iodide to obtain the =N-N(CH3)- hydrazone derivatives. The geometric isomers were resolved based on the NOESY approach and the stereospecific behaviour of the 2J(15N,13C) coupling constants was studied for the 15N-labelled compounds.

E-Homolupane Derivatives Substituted in Position 17 and 22a. 1H NMR, 13C NMR and IR Spectra

1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Křeček ◽  
Stanislav Hilgard ◽  
Miloš Buděšínský ◽  
Alois Vystrčil
Keyword(s):  
Nmr Spectra ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Oxidation Reactions ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Complete Assignment ◽  
Nmr Techniques ◽  
Intramolecular Association ◽  
C Nmr

A series of derivatives with various oxygen functionalities in positions 17,22a or 19,20 was prepared from diene I and olefin XVI by addition and oxidation reactions. The structure of the obtained compounds was confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and IR spectroscopy. The kind of intramolecular association of the 17α-hydroxy group was studied in connection with modification of the side chain and substitution in position 22a. Complete assignment of the hydrogen signals and most of the coupling constants was accomplished using a combination of 1D and 2D NMR techniques. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra are discussed.

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