Preferred geometry of unusual nitrones. A facile E-Z isomerization of a C-alkoxynitrone
作者:David E. Gallis、James A. Warshaw、Bruce J. Acken、DeLanson R. Crist
DOI:10.1021/jo00022a026
日期:1991.10
A detailed structural study was carried out on C-methoxy-C-aryl-N-tert-butylnitrones (1), members of a relatively new class of compounds (acyclic imidate N-oxides). By H-1 NMR chemical shifts it was shown that 1 exist exclusively as the E isomers in DCCl3 and the Z isomers in acetone-d6. NOE difference spectra confirm these assignments and indicate a preferred conformation in which O-methyl and C-phenyl are more syn periplanar than anti in both cases. Configurations and conformations were similarly determined for C-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN), as well as several nitrone salts. Rates of E to Z isomerization of the phenyl, p-methoxyphenyl, and p-nitrophenyl derivatives of 1 were measured in acetone from 266 to 280 K giving DELTA-H double-ended dagger values of 14.1, 16.9, and 14.2 kcal/mol and DELTA-S double-ended dagger values of -24.3, -14.5, and -25.5 eu, respectively. The unusually low values of DELTA-H double-ended dagger are interpreted in terms of ground-state destabilization due to steric repulsions that are relieved in going to the transition state by rotation about the C = N bond. The large negative DELTA-S double-ended dagger values suggest solvent reorganization to stabilize the charge-separated character of the transition state. Geometry-optimized MNDO calculations are in agreement with conformation results from NOE experiments and predict a large dipole moment difference between E and Z isomers.