Crystal and molecular structure of 10-substituted 9-anthracenones. Substituent size as the controlling factor for the nonplanarity of the central ring
摘要:
MM2 calculations for a series of 10-R-9-anthracenones demonstrate an increase of the folding of the central ring with increasing size of the substituent. All the substituents considered prefer the pseudoaxial position except fluorine, which prefers the pseudoequatorial orientation. The anthracenone moiety approaches planarity when the size of the substituents approaches the size of the hydrogen atom. The planar conformation for 9-anthracenone is also shown by vibrational frequency calculations to be a true potential energy minimum at the ab initio 3-21G level. X-ray structure determination shows that 10-R-9-anthracenones (R = Me, iPr, tBu, Ph, and Br) generally exhibit the structural features predicted by MM2 calculations for the isolated molecules. However, 10-Me and 10-Ph-9-anthracenones are found to be significantly less folded than calculated by MM2, the discrepancy being attributed to the crystal packing forces. Consideration of the theoretical as well as the experimental results leads to the conclusion that the parent 9-anthracenone is expected to be planar in the crystal state.
Crystal and molecular structure of 10-substituted 9-anthracenones. Substituent size as the controlling factor for the nonplanarity of the central ring
作者:Andrzej Sygula、Renata Sygula、Frank R. Fronczek、Peter W. Rabideau
DOI:10.1021/jo00038a011
日期:1992.6
MM2 calculations for a series of 10-R-9-anthracenones demonstrate an increase of the folding of the central ring with increasing size of the substituent. All the substituents considered prefer the pseudoaxial position except fluorine, which prefers the pseudoequatorial orientation. The anthracenone moiety approaches planarity when the size of the substituents approaches the size of the hydrogen atom. The planar conformation for 9-anthracenone is also shown by vibrational frequency calculations to be a true potential energy minimum at the ab initio 3-21G level. X-ray structure determination shows that 10-R-9-anthracenones (R = Me, iPr, tBu, Ph, and Br) generally exhibit the structural features predicted by MM2 calculations for the isolated molecules. However, 10-Me and 10-Ph-9-anthracenones are found to be significantly less folded than calculated by MM2, the discrepancy being attributed to the crystal packing forces. Consideration of the theoretical as well as the experimental results leads to the conclusion that the parent 9-anthracenone is expected to be planar in the crystal state.