Conformational and spectroscopic study of xanthogen ethyl formates, ROC(S)SC(O)OCH2CH3. Isolation of CH3CH2OC(O)SH
作者:Luciana C. Juncal、Melina V. Cozzarín、Rosana M. Romano
DOI:10.1016/j.saa.2014.12.086
日期:2015.3
ROC(S)SC(O)OCH2CH3, with R = CH3-, (CH3)(2)CH- and CH3(CH2)(2)-, were obtained through the reaction between potassium xanthate salts, ROC(S)SK, and ethyl chloroformate, ClC(O)OCH2CH3. The liquid compounds were identified and characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR and mass spectrometry. The conformations adopted by the molecules were studied by DFT methods. 6 conformers were theoretically predicted for R = CH3- and (CH3)(2)CH-, while the conformational flexibility of the n-propyl substituent increases the total number of feasible rotamers to 21. For the three molecules, the conformers can be associated in 3 groups, being the most stable the AS forms - the C=S double bond anti (A) with respect to the C-S single bond and the S-C single bond syn (S) with respect to the C=O double bond - followed by AA and SS conformers. The vibrational spectra were interpreted in terms of the predicted conformational equilibrium, presenting the v(C=O) spectral region signals corresponding to the three groups of conformers. A moderated pre-resonance Raman enhancement of the v(C=S) vibrational mode of CH3(CH2)(2)OC(S)SC(O)OCH2CH3 was detected, when the excitation radiation approaches the energy of a n -> pi* electronic transition associated with the C=S chromophore. UV-visible spectra in different solvents were measured and interpreted in terms of TD-DFT calculations. The unknown molecule CH3CH2OC(O)SH was isolated by the UV-visible photolysis of CH3OC(S)SC(O)OCH2CH3 isolated in Ar matrix, and also obtained as a side-product of the reaction between potassium xanthate salts, ROC(S)SK, and ethyl chloroformate, ClC(O)OCH2CH3. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.