Conformational shift by mutual steric interactions between two multiarmed units
摘要:
Decakis(bromomethyl)biphenyl (3) has been prepared by reaction of decamethylbiphenyl with Br2/CCl4 in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide as catalyst. The attempted synthesis of decakis(bromomethyl)benzophenone resulted only in bromopentakis(bromomethyl)benzene (8). X-ray diffraction of a single crystal of 3 shows that the preferred conformation of 3 is not the alternate ''up-down'' conformation observed for the parent hexakis(bromomethyl)benzene, but a conformation in which the up-down alternation of the CH2Br groups is disrupted at the meta-para position of each ring. MM(85) calculations on 3 indicate that some conformations with disrupted ''up-down'' alternation of the CH2Br groups are favored over the all-alternate up-down form. It is suggested that this conformational shift is the result of the mutual steric interactions between arms of different moieties, and that syn interactions between m- and p-CH2Br groups operate in order to avoid bromine contacts between ortho groups at different rings. The barrier for Ar-CH2Br rotation was estimated from dynamic NMR data as 12.5 kcal mol-1.
Conformational shift by mutual steric interactions between two multiarmed units
作者:Naama Zuaretz、Oren Golan、Silvio Biali
DOI:10.1021/jo00007a035
日期:1991.3
Decakis(bromomethyl)biphenyl (3) has been prepared by reaction of decamethylbiphenyl with Br2/CCl4 in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide as catalyst. The attempted synthesis of decakis(bromomethyl)benzophenone resulted only in bromopentakis(bromomethyl)benzene (8). X-ray diffraction of a single crystal of 3 shows that the preferred conformation of 3 is not the alternate ''up-down'' conformation observed for the parent hexakis(bromomethyl)benzene, but a conformation in which the up-down alternation of the CH2Br groups is disrupted at the meta-para position of each ring. MM(85) calculations on 3 indicate that some conformations with disrupted ''up-down'' alternation of the CH2Br groups are favored over the all-alternate up-down form. It is suggested that this conformational shift is the result of the mutual steric interactions between arms of different moieties, and that syn interactions between m- and p-CH2Br groups operate in order to avoid bromine contacts between ortho groups at different rings. The barrier for Ar-CH2Br rotation was estimated from dynamic NMR data as 12.5 kcal mol-1.