A configurationally stable pyrrolohelicene: experimental and theoretical structure-chiroptic relationships
作者:Ivo Pischel、Stefan Grimme、Sirpa Kotila、Martin Nieger、Fritz Vögtle
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(95)00427-0
日期:1996.1
The sterically overcrowded tetramethyldipyrrolo[6]helicene 2 was prepared by the Bucherer reaction for the first time. While the longest known hexahelicene 1 does not form stable enantiomers at room temperature, 2 could be separated into the antipodes, which is explained by the extremely different racemization barriers of the two compounds (approximate to 60 kJ/mol for 1, and approximate to 195 kJ/mol for 2). The quantum mechanically calculated and experimentally determined geometries are in good accordance. The strongly deformed helix 2 shows a pitch enlarged by 62 pm compared to the non-substituted compound 1. Whereas 1 forms intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the solid, the crystal structure of 2 exhibits coordination of clathrated acetone at the NH-groups. Experimental and theoretically simulated CD Spectra of 2 are compared.